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bad day with HIV

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Yesterday was one of the worst I have had since being diagnosed three years ago. All summer, I have been struggling with muscle pain and fatigue. Doc has concluded that it is caused by AZT, so we are switching that out.

I changed meds a month ago... Read more »

oily fatty foods causing BAD indigestion

Posted by BrokenWingedBird, 2 Replies

Anyone got any ideas?

I've been suffering terrible stomach pains, indigestion, after eating anything with even the smallest amount of fat or oil in it.

Yesterday I had an endoscopy. Immediately afterwards the specialist who performed the examination... Read more »

Good news and bad news

Posted by pozargie, 2 Replies

Well it 's been a week or so after my possitive diagnosis. Last Wednesday after a pizza dinner I told my friends about my new "hiv life" and I was surprised of the different reactions. Most of them reacted very well some of them were scared to... Read more »

weird timing or bad luck?

Posted by axe01, 1 Reply

I know everyone says that you can't get HIV from a blood draw, and I am not a person who has a fear of needles. Here is my problem: I had some sexual encounters six months or more ago now and some of it was unprotected intercourse with the same girl... Read more »

HIV/AIDS & The Delivery of Bad News - A Research S

Posted by Dolbylife, 2 Replies

HIV/AIDS & The Delivery of Bad News - A Research Study
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A few years ago, when I was 24 yrs old, I sent out a mail-in HIV test kit that I had purchased from my local drugstore. About a week later, I called the phone... Read more »

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pain so bad i can't walk that well anymore

dear dr. i was diagnosed in 97 , about 2 years ago i started to develop pain in my feet, it has progressed so bad , i can hardly walk anymore, the doctor did exray's, and arthritis test, and lupus test. they showed nothing, he sais it's...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

You need to discuss with your doctor what alterantive HIV meds are available in your area (if you are on stavudine or ddI then switching to tenofovir or abacavir or AZT can be helfpul). Checking for vitamin deficiencies can be helpful. Some other... Read more »

oily fatty foods = BAD pain

Dear Dr. Henry,I need to get some sound ideas together before seeing my local GP again, after having been referred by her for an endoscopy which I had yesterday. My GP is good, and sympathetic, but not greatly conversant with HIV. My HIV doctor,...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Have you been checked for low level pancreatitis, some form of malabsorption syndrome, gall bladder disease, gluten enteropathy? Sometimes an empiric trial of pancreatic enzymes has proven helpful for patients with symptoms like you describe.... Read more »

How Bad is my HIV status

I have been diognised with HIV last year March im taking efavirenz 200mg,atripla,co-trimoxazole 480mg ,pyridoxone10mg,rifinah150/300mg.Though was very ill the time was diognised because was having abdominal pains they admitted in hospital and find...

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.

Rocky Mountain CARES

Hello and thank you for your post.Your medications indicate that you're receiving treatment for HIV and tuberculosis (though usually we start people on more than 2 drugs for TB- Rifinah is rifampin and isoniazid). The extra efavirenz is there... Read more »

Fun with a Russian hooker gone bad! Not HIV related

Dr. Frascino,First off, I would like to tell you thanks for taking the time out of your day to answer this question and I hope you are doing well. Doctor, a couple years back while working overseas, I had sex with a Russian prostitute. It was...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello No Hope,If you've had a thorough workup (and it sounds like you have) and no physical cause can be found for your symptoms, I would suggest you consider a psychological cause. I do not doubt or question the reality of the symptoms you are... Read more »

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