Hiv And Intestinal Parasites

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Abnormal bowel function/ intestinal swelling

For the last year , I have had abnormal bowel function w/ elimination problems. My stools are narrow in diameter & very broken. My regular MD prescribed Flagyl & then referred me to a Digestive Disease Specialist. Should I start taking...

Response from Judith Feinberg, M.D.

University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine

You may have a chronic intestinal infection, or you may have something else entirely, such as spastic colitis (also known as irritable bowel syndrome). There are a number of tests that can be done on stool samples to look for a source of infection... Read more »

Parasites and HIV Infection

I live part of the year in Mexico. Here, North Americans sometimes get amoebas regardless of... Read more »

Response from Nelson Vergel, B.S.Ch.E., M.B.A. »

Stomach and Intestine friendly HIV Meds

I was diagnosed with HIV in 1991 and started HIV Medications in 1997. In the last year, I've... Read more »

Response from Keith Henry, M.D. »

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Articles

Parasitic Worm Infection Can Increase Susceptibility to HIV, Study Finds

People infected with parasitic worms that cause schistosomiasis might be more susceptible to HIV and more likely to transmit the virus, according to a study published Tuesday in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases , Reuters reports. According to... Read more »

Researchers Map Genes of Parasite That Increases Risk for Women to Contract HIV, Study Says

Researchers from the U.S. and United Kingdom might have mapped the genetic code of the parasite Trichomonas vaginalis , which causes millions of sexually transmitted infections annually and increases women's risk of contracting HIV, according to a... Read more »

HIV Can Replicate in Intestinal Lining Even After HAART Reduces Viral Load, Study Says

HIV can replicate and suppress the immune system in the intestinal lining, even after blood tests show that highly active antiretroviral therapy is reducing viral loads, according to a study published in the August issue of the Journal of Virology ... Read more »

How Is the Water?

Our indelicate yet timely subject this issue is Cryptosporidium parvum ( C. parvum ). "Crypto," as it is often called, is a microscopic parasite that often lives in the intestines of infected animals and humans and released in bowel movements. It is... Read more »

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parasites

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Hello,
What are the common sexually tranmitted parasites that get into your blood stream, and what ones are common in ASIA.

Thanks Ted

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Can you get Tuburculosis of the Bowel with HIV?

Posted by Anonymous

I have been diagnosed with bowel inflammation, causing bloody streaks in my stool, a had a scope performed to reveal some inflammation. If I was infected could I get TB there? Would it be from a recent infection? If a person with HIV got TB would it... Read more »

antibiotics and hiv testing

Posted by fearfulbear, 1 Reply

Was on I.V. antibiotics overnite in a hospital for diverticulitis, sent me home with some tablets of antibiotics, while i was still on antibiotics took a hiv elisa test. would the anti biotics give a false neg or interfere with the test.thank you. Read more »

Test results to HIV and HCV

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

In a suicide attempt, a 27-year-old man injected himself in the brachial vein with 0.1 ml of blood that he had obtained, using the same insulin syringe, from a drug addict seropositive for HIV and HCV. Thirteen days after the injection, the man had... Read more »

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