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Herpes Zoster and HIV
Hi, I was infected sometime in 2005 and tested positive in October 2005. I am not currently on meds, with a CD4 count of around 500 and VL of around 100K (holding steady here after three sets of labs, each two months apart). I have been feeling ok...
Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.
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...700, all treatment guidelines recommend starting antiretroviral medications.In your instance, a single episode of shingles (herpes zoster) doesn't mean that you need to start treatment, but recurrent shingles (especially if it's frequent or... Read more »Herpes Zoster
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Herpes Zoster (Shingles)
...likely to occur in people with a weakened immune system. This includes people with HIV disease, and anyone over 50 years old. Herpes zoster lives in nerve tissue. Outbreaks of shingles start with itching, numbness, tingling or severe pain in a... Read more »
Herpes Zoster (Culebrilla)
... ¿Qué Es el Herpes Zoster? Herpes Zoster y VIH ¿Cómo Se Transmite? ¿Cómo Se Trata? ¿Se Puede Prevenir? En Pocas Palabras ¿Qué Es Read more »
Vaccine Sharply Cuts Risk of Shingles in Seniors, Study Finds
...A Kaiser Permanente study of Zostavax shows the vaccine against herpes zoster can reduce the incidence of painful shingles outbreaks by 55 percent, even in the oldest populations. The varicella zoster virus Read more »
