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Peripheral Neuropathy

Introduction What Is Peripheral Neuropathy? What Causes It? Who Is at Risk? What Are the Symptoms? How Is It Diagnosed? How Do You Prevent It? How Do You Treat It? Concerns for People Over 50 What Can Help to Ask About at a Doctor's Visit? Access to Meds Research The Bottom Line Introduction Some people living with HIV will develop a disease of the nerves called peripheral neuropathy , or PN. It's a common ...

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Fifth Post:Final Year Med Student with Paralysing Fears?Can I get a Woo HOOooo?

I ll try to keep this succint: I am a med student from Asia reading in london fifth year of med school, feel like an idiot for reading a post dated version of Kumar and Clark that conveniently didnt include oral sex as a risk factor of HIV nor...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,"Top geezer???" Hmmm . . . as in eccentric senior citizen??? Perhaps there is some new London slang ("top geezer") that I'm not aware of.First a few facts:1.You can't contract HIV from saliva without extraordinary... Read more »

Effectivess of taking PEP on the fifth day after exposure

Dear Dr. R Frascino,Am I HIV positive? This, to me, is what is on everyones lips and thought when writing to you. Been tested for HIV is the only TRUE and unchallenged answer to that question. But the issue of one going for HIV is not as easy as it...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello Top Deck,"Jiga-jiga" does put you at risk for STDs, including HIV. That you jiga-jiga'ed with an ex who was HIV positive significantly increases your HIV acquisition risk.PEP (post-exposure prophylaxis) is most effective when... Read more »

Toxoplasmosis and peripheral neuropathy

In October 1998 I had such unbearable pain in my head that I had to be hospitalized. I was told that there was a swelling in my brain and was diagnosed with toxoplasmosis. That pain is now gone but about four months after I got home I suffered with...

Response from Judith Feinberg, M.D.

University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine

The toxoplasmosis and peripheral neuropathy are not related events-- I know you didn't ask that outright but your title seemed to link them.Peripheral neuropathy can be due to HIV itself but can also be due to medications, such as ddI, ddC, d4T... Read more »

another neuropathy question

dear doctor, have never taken any medications ( in fifth year now ), all lab results show perfectly normal counts of cd4, cd8, and %s, I'm very healthy, never had and still have no sypmtoms..other than this: a very small section of skin under...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

It would be highly unusual for HIV to cause isolated neuropathy in the arm pit area as you describe particularly with a decent CD4 count. KH... Read more »

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NEUROPATHY

Posted by Anonymous, 5 Replies

JUST HAD A QUESTION. IS THIS SOMETHING U GET IN EARLY HIV INFECTION? I'VE FELT THIS PINS AND NEEDLES SENSATION ON BOTH ARMS AND BURNING FEET AND NOW IM SCARED I HAVE HIV. MY EXPOSURE WAS A FEW MONTHS AGO (VAGINAL) IM STRESSING OUT SO MUCH AND I... Read more »

Curious - Do any of you have bone or joint disease

Posted by ScotCharles, 6 Replies

A guy in my Old Geezers with AIDS group has recently been diagnosed with advanced osteoporosis. I have spinal ankylosis and osteoarthiritis (which seem insignificant to me just now). There are also reports of people with AIDS getting a disease of... Read more »

HIV related AVN (Avascular Necrosis) - Bone Death

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I have been positive since 1987, but under treatment only since 1997. In July 1997, I was hospitalized with PCP, a viral load of 160,000,000 and a CD4 count of 8. Since the beginning of the treatment, my CD4 has risen to normal (even up to 969 at... Read more »

am i infected here's my story ...please help..

Posted by roma2010, 1 Reply

on may 5th i had sex with a girl that i barely know when i was done i noticed the condom had broken and i didn't notice when it happened, about a month later early june i noticed i got some chills and some sweats out of the blue that was the first... Read more »

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