Healthy Lifestyle And Hiv

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Towards a Healthy Liver

Introduction Your Liver Get Informed Make Lifestyle Changes Get a Vaccine Keep Up With Your Health Care Know the Symptoms and Causes Eat Well and Exercise Medicines Vitamins and Herbs Herbs to Avoid Introduction Next to your skin, your liver is the largest organ in your body. It's also one of the hardest working and can even re-grow its own tissue. It can work when a large portion of it is diseased or removed. The...

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Poz partner and Healthy Lifestyle: How to help?

Thanks for your attention.I always thought that I always knew how to handle all issues in my 4-year relationship with my poz partner.I love him so much, I want to think that we'll live a long life togheter...Lately, I've been worried about...

Response from Robert H. Remien, Ph.D.

Columbia University

This is a challenging situation. While your concern for his health is warranted, you cannot make him care about his own health in the way that you would like. He needs to care enough himself. As you have done, you need to let him know that it... Read more »

unhealthy lifestyle

Dear Dr.:I am a 44 year old bisexual man and have been HIV+ and Hep.C positive for 5 years. (have never taken meds for either virus) I drink 5 to 6 beers/day during the week (heavier on the weekends-12 beers/day). This is nothing compared to what I...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

Thanks for your post.From the sounds of it, you do like your beer-- more than I'd be comfortable for someone with hepatitis C, since together the two put you at risk for having more rapid liver disease. Add to this HIV and you have a potential... Read more »

Question about Bob's lifestyle

Dr. Bob,First I just want to say that you're doing an excellent job. Your laid back approach to answering people's questions seems to have them looking at their situation with an optimistic attitude. But I just have to ask, with you being...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Whats my "lifestyle" like? Assuming you dont mean "lifestyle" in the same way as Jerry Fallwell or Rich Santorum would, my "life" is full, rewarding, satisfying, and quite wonderful! Sure, living with any chronic... Read more »

Female HIV+ **Healthy * Tired*** No other symptoms

I m a female heterosexual - HIV+ for over 10 years - CD4 - 500 - VL <2700. On combo therapy. Work long days, director of a marketing dept., travel around the world a few times ayear.. and I am so tired - Feeling like "Stop the world I...

Response from J. B. Molaghan, N.P., A.C.R.N.

San Francisco General Hospital

HelloI don't know how you do it. Yikes, what a busy schedule. First of all, no, it is not unusual to be healthy for so long. Many people with HIV live healthy lives with no symptoms for many years. It sounds like you're doing almost... Read more »

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i am living with hiv and have been fairly healthy.

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I am living with HIV/AIDS and have been fairly healthy for nine
years. I have been on many medications from AZT to Crixivan and
had severe side effects from disorientation, fatigue, digestive
problems, a brain hemorrhage and developing breast tumors... Read more »

Looking for healthy HIV+ friends in central Penn

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

hi, i live in central Pennsylvania, ecxacly in Harrisburg 33y/o HIV+ male very healthy, been poz for a few years... but have no friends at all... would liek to have healthy HIV+ friends to hang out with and relate on, would be more confortable for... Read more »

Healthy vs. non-healthy.

Posted by nonamegirl, 2 Replies

Just a simple question.

Would a person who was healthy, with a strong immune system produce HIV antibodies sooner than someone who was unhealthy, with a weakened immune system? I know it's different for everyone. But generally speaking.

Just... Read more »

healthy & active

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

I am a gay man who is HIV+. I am 51 years young and am
currently very healthy. I would like to chat with other men who such as I, am still healthy
and very active. I work in a professional field in a small office and... Read more »

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