Does Ear Infection Mean I Have AIDS

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HIV Is a Continuum Infection Primary Infection (or Acute Infection) Seroconversion The Asymptomatic Stage Early- and Medium-Stage HIV Symptomatic Disease Late-Stage HIV Disease (AIDS) HIV Is a Continuum Most of us are used to thinking of disease in very simple terms: if you feel sick, you are sick; if you feel healthy, you are healthy. However, because HIV may begin causing subtle changes in the immune system long before an infected...

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I am diagnosed with an ear and respiratory infection and have hiv.

Could this be from hiv and should I get my lungs checked? Im very tired and trouble breathing along w seeing stars and slight blured vision. ...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

A clinical evaluation is recommended. KH... Read more »

Ear infections

I am just writing since I have had AIDS since 1989 and have a question. I have had to stop seeing my doctor and stop taking medicine since one I can't afford it anymore and two I have been having problems here with Doctors and can't...

Response from Judith Feinberg, M.D.

University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine

I can't tell what you have from your dsescription, and I am not sure that it is HIV-associated. I recommend that you see an ENT (ear/nose & throat) doctor or an infectious diseases specialist to get a definitive diagnosis and treatment.... Read more »

ear wax service

To Nancy or any expert:I have a question regarding HIV transmission in aworksplace. Thank you in advance for your response.I'm asian and going to a barber shop in the South Bay Area for a hair cut every 4 weeks. The shop has a service I'm...

Response from Nancy Breuer

WorkPositive, Inc.

You're right: this question is a first, although I have had a question from a gentleman who liked having his tongue in his partners' ears and had an earwax transmission question. (The answer was "no risk.") But yours is related... Read more »

Ear Ache, (possibly) swollen lymph nodes, and PEP

I was recently exposed to HIV through insertive anal sex (I was the top) without a condom--the exact date was February 22, 2010. My boyfriend had neglected to inform me that he had unprotected receptive anal sex with someone from the internet a few...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Are you being followed by an HIV specialist during your course of PEP? I recommend this whenever possible. It would help in situations like yours. The HIV specialist would be able to evaluate any intercurrent symptoms and arrange for testing if... Read more »

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Real Risk!!! Means... Infection!!! Don't be a...

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

I would like this not to be true but... it is, This people may have lied to the docs... But they were in fact positive, long time before the antibodies response. What I'm trying is to make you people understand that somebody is playing with our... Read more »

Lymph Node Behind Ear

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I had receptive unprotected vaginal sex 5 years ago and now I am having major symptoms. I had a toenail infection a few months ago, and last week I developed a really painful red swollen lump on the back of my ear. A few days later it stopped... Read more »

ARS symptoms means virus can be detected?

Posted by jxr

Hi...If you have ARS symptoms two weeks after an unsafe episode and these symptoms are actually a sign of HIV infection, will the PCR test be able to detect the presence of HIV in that short time frame. After all, the symptoms of fighting the... Read more »

Numbers don't mean anything.....

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

HIV/AIDS doesn't have a set pattern. Not ever person infected is going to test positive. 8.5 weeks after infection, or 6 months after infection. Most people who test positive do so after being infected years, and after their health has declined... Read more »

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