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Fast Facts About Women and HIV in Canada

1981: The year Sandra Ford, a drug technician for the Centers for Disease Control first reported an increase in requests for PCP ( pneumocystis carinii pneumonia) treatment. This and an unusual number of Kaposi's Sarcoma cases led to the discovery... Read more »

Fast Facts About Youth and HIV in Canada

3: The number of particularly vulnerable youth populations: street-involved youth, youth who inject drugs and young men who have sex with men. 1 24: The percentage of reported cases of HIV in Canada that were among youth in 2009. 1 22: ... Read more »

Fast Facts About Gay Men and HIV in Canada

: The pink triangle had its origin in Nazi concentration camps, where gay men were forced to wear a downward-pointing pink triangle, to identify them as gay. The pink triangle -- now pointing upwards -- has been reclaimed as an international symbol... Read more »

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hello sir i am from india i did vaginal sex with hiv positive girl after that i have fever for i week, chest infection, cough fatigue. pink sports on shoulders then i didrapid test after 3 weekspcr dna test after 45 daysraid test after 3 monthsrapid...

Response from David Wohl, M.D.

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

You sir are not HIV infected. In fact you are the most HIV-negatve person I have ever heard of. My advice would be to stop looking at your tongue and to go get married. DW... Read more »

Cd4 dropping down fast

I was diagnosed HIV+ by end of 2001 at that time my v/load was 17000 CD4 695.I am doing my tests every three month since then .I am in good shape, no symptoms at the moment, in fact I have put more weight .but V/load and CD4 counts dropping down...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

This is not normal. I would not react to a single set of results, but these clearly bare repeating sooner rather than later.... Read more »

Dad's going fast from a double whammy-- CMV infection and lymphoma (help prepare me)

My dad found out six weeks ago he had AIDS he was started on meds 3 weeks ago,and his cd4 went from 23 to 82 his viral load went from 404000 to undetectable now he has CMV and lymphoma. Can you prepare me for what's next. He is not responding...

Response from Bruce Dezube, M.D.

Harvard Medical School

I'm soooooo sorry to hear about your dad. This must be very difficult for you. Both CMV and lymphoma are treatable complications of AIDS, but as you can imagine, not everyone responds to treatment. Furthermore the treatment for CMV may... Read more »

fast progressor?

i'm almost certain i have been infected with hiv. after a moderate risk exposure i came down with all the common symptons of ars (mild fever, diaarhea, nausea & joint pain) approx. 5 weeks later. i find it too much of a coincidence that...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

To my knowledge (however limited it may be), there is no correlation between the time to seroconverion and rate of disease progression (nor viral load).Hope this is helpful, good luck. BY... Read more »

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Worried..T-Cells count going down fast!

Posted by Overstressed, 4 Replies

I was tested postive in 2003 and when I went in for my frist T-Cell count and Viral Load I was not sure what to expect..I started @1041 T-Cell and viral load 45,000 and of course I would go in and get my count every 3 months . My T-Cells would be... Read more »

Losing Hope Fast

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

After having sex with a girl (The condom slipped off) I contracted something about a week later. I had to pee every other minute, aches, sore throat, swollen tonsil, dark-colored spot on the head of my penis, etc. I went to the doctor, who gave me... Read more »

I'm trying not to scare anyone, but facts are fact

Posted by Anonymous, 6 Replies

In fact I'm not trying to scare anyone, and I don't want to make a kid's game out of the Bulletin Board. I'm just trying to make everyone realize that 99,9% of people doesn't cover all individuals, when talking about tests... I'm sure that 999 of... Read more »

Key facts about HIV/AIDS - Note Last Item

Posted by ScotCharles, 1 Reply

Key facts about HIV/AIDS
Reuters NewMedia - August 10, 2006
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The world's largest international AIDS conference opens in Toronto, on Sunday, 25 years after the epidemic... Read more »

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