Hair Loss Could I Have AIDS

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Hair loss with AIDS

do aids patients always have hair loss? or is it just side effect of some of the opportunistic diseases and/or treatments?...

Response from Bruce Dezube, M.D.

Harvard Medical School

The vast majority of AIDS patients do not have hair loss. However, any severe illness can cause hair loss. Hair loss can indeed occur during opportunistic infections and/or from treatments. Fortunately most of these episodes of hair loss are... Read more »

Hair Loss

Hi, I have been taking Atripla since the beginning of April, 2008. I have noticed that I have been... Read more »

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Hair Loss

Hi there myself and my girlfriend are both infected with HIV my girlfriend is in receipt of... Read more »

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Hair Loss

Hair loss (alopecia) is a common experience, particularly in men as they age. When hair loss is new, rapid or severe, it is considered abnormal. There are many medical treatments that can cause disturbing hair loss, including cancer drugs and some... Read more »

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Chronic Telogen effluvium (hair loss) - Help

Posted by kl1226, 1 Reply

I've been diagnosed with HIV since 1992. I've been on numerous treatments although I'm currently on Norvir, Truvada and Prezista. For the past 5-6 years I have been going through a chronic hair loss, Telogen effluvium (thinning of the scalp). It... Read more »

Loss of Pubic Hair

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Is loss of pubic hair a symptom of ARS/HIV? Does anybody know?

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hair loss

Posted by mistake1, 1 Reply

does anyone know if hair loss is an hiv symptom and itchy skin also?
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hair loss

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Has anyone experienced a profound amount of hair loss on antivirals?I'm curious if it began as soon as you started the drugs,or sometime down the line.I've purchased a wig(hoping it will regrow)but the last 6 months have been shear torture on top of... Read more »

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