Hiv Aids Last Stages Of Life

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The Stages of HIV Disease

HIV Is a Continuum Infection Primary Infection (or Acute Infection) Seroconversion The Asymptomatic Stage Early- and Medium-Stage HIV Symptomatic Disease Late-Stage HIV Disease (AIDS) HIV Is a Continuum Most of us are used to thinking of disease in very simple terms: if you feel sick, you are sick; if you feel healthy, you are healthy. However, because HIV may begin causing subtle changes in the immune system long before an infected...

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Life expectancy of final stage Aids patient

My brother has been living with full blown aids for many years. He has had a great team of docters taking care of him. The docters are telling us that he is in the final stage. My brother is receiving blood transfusions once a week, his liver is...

Response from Ewald Horwath, M.D.

University of Miami School of Medicine

I cannot answer your question about his life expectancy, but your brother is certainly extremely ill. You are best served by trusting in the judgment of your brother's doctors. If they have experience with advanced AIDS (as it appears they do),... Read more »

What are the stages of AIDS?

My brother found out he had AIDS about 3 years ago. We were told there are 10 stages to this disease. They say he is now in stage 7. I would like to know about each of the stages there is so that we will know what to expect before it gets really...

Response from Judith Feinberg, M.D.

University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine

You were misinformed. There is no such thing as "10 stages of AIDS"-- there is only "HIV infection" or "HIV disease", which means the part of the illness before someone develops AIDS, and AIDS itself. There is... Read more »

my mom is in the last stages of aids

i would like to know more in depth of the last stages of aids. i am 24 yrs old and my family is in denial of my mother. they gave her two weeks to live twice which she has overcome. She lost her hair from the cemo,she's also had a stroke. my...

Response from Ewald Horwath, M.D.

University of Miami School of Medicine

If your mother is receiving chemotherapy, then I assume that she also has some form of cancer.If the doctors believe that her condition is terminal, then the most important thing to do is to make sure that she is comfortable and not suffering from... Read more »

What medications are available to someone with AIDS & Stage 4 Kidney Disease

Thank you Dr. Young. I have AIDS (17 years), and now I have been diagnosed with stage 4 kidney disease. My renal doctor tells me it is because my high blood pressure was never treated by my HIV doctor. I was told that HIV does not cause kidney...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

Hello and thanks for your post.Kidney disease (or it's risk) is unfortunately not uncommon among persons living with HIV. Untreated HIV infection alone can be a risk; though other important factors, like family history, diabetes, or as in your... Read more »

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