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Elective Surgery And Hiv Testing

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elective surgery/initial treatment/having children

I broke my nose rather badly few years back and was planning on having sme reconstructive surgery done in the next 6 months or so to remedy the situation... I was diagnosed HIV positive one week ago.. my previous test was negative, about 5 months...
Keith Henry, M.D.

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine
The optimal time to start HIV treatment in recently infected persons is not known so no sweeping generalization is appropriate. Starting treatment early generally does not preserve much anti-HIV immunity. Elective surgery generally goes well in... Read more »

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Elective Surgery and HIV Medication

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HIV Testing and Surgery

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
Was wondering if anyone out there knows whether it is standard hospital practice to test patients for HIV prior to major surgery. Thanx

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surgery

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
when you have surgery do they test for hiv in your blood work

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Xango and hiv testing

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies
I was wondering if consuming Xango, the natural juice that has been said to have a lot of good stuff in it, can it affect the results when testing for hiv antibodies? The producers of Xango state that it boosts the immune system.. Anyone knows... Read more »

Election

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
There seems to be a lot of confusion on this sight as to who you should vote for in the next presidential election being hiv positive.

The media and the demmocratic liberals want to make it sound like Bush is ignoring the AIDS epidemic.

If you do... Read more »
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