Does HIV Cause Stretch Marks

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Veins or stretch marks?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

tested neg. at 6 months but am now getting visible veins on sides of chest and hips. Look like stria. Any help??

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Red mark on side of face. Help!

Posted by Anonymous

I had one encounter with a woman of unknown status in May of 2000 during which I was protected but the condom may have broken, I just was not sure. In the days following, my doctor told me that I had either chlamydia or trauma to the area that... Read more »

To Dylan & Mark Re: Geographic Tounge

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Hey Mark and Dylan
Or anyone who knows anyting about geographic tongue
You can read my posts Im one of the original Dirty Dozen and one of the last to fall
One of the main problems I have in acepting I don't have HIV is this Geo tongue Ive had it now... Read more »

Track Marks at 13 Weeks

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Hi all!

In case you were wondering about the title of this post, I'm not a drug user...it's been 95 days of sheer hell and, in my panic, I took both the Home Access test and had blood drawn at a clinic. Hence the "track marks" on my arm and... Read more »

Browm marks

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I was reading that symptoms of hiv along with others i have are brown spots or marks on the skin.I have recently been getting brown spots that look like liver spots on my face and abdomen.Is this the kind of brown looking spots there talking about.

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stretched condom - worried

hi doctor,i recently had sex with someone who i now know is HIV+she had a v.l over 100000 when we did itI used a condom which at the end of it looked stretched due to the 5 minuste of rigouros sex but definetly not broken as I checked.my sister is a...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Your sister may be a great nurse, but unfortunately she's not very helpful when it comes to accurate HIV-prevention information. HIV, no matter what the viral load happens to be, cannot permeate intact (even "stretched" intact)... Read more »

Mark Please ANswer one last Question

Mark, I just want your input on antibodies of HIV. DO they actually slow down the virus or are they just markers of infection? THey must slow the virus because the initial burst of viral load in the acute syndrome has to be slowed down and the...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

1. We don't know, but I doubt it.2. They slow down the virus.Remember, we can make antibodies to different things at the same time. Like when we get immunized against measles, mumps and rubella, these viral vaccines are all together in one... Read more »

What would Dr Mark do?

Thanks in Advance doc, as with most folks out in cyber space who follow the body i to live in almost a daily fear, rational or not, that i may well be infected and while i'm also fully aware that testing is the only way i'll ever truly...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

It was not clear whether you had subsequent HIV testing recently after your one low risk exposure. Again, these symptoms by themselves are not indicative of HIV.MH... Read more »

black marks or lesions on skin

I amn on Combivir and Stochrin. I have developed marks after itching and then a blister/bump/pimple would appear and then later as it heals it leaves black marks. Is that caused by the HAART? My cd count was 36cells/mm now it is 260 cells/mm after...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

The skin lesons that you describe would rarely be associated with the HIV regimen you are on. Neurodermatis or dermographia are conditions that can result in exaggerated responses to scratching. If your platelet count and bleeding times (also... Read more »

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