Hiv And Light Sensitivity

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sensitive to light at times.

HI! Am hiv+, and at times am so sensitive to light and have red eyes at times. I visited an eye doc twice and he told me the first time that am okay, and the second time he didn't tell me anything reasonable and told me to see him after six...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

You don't indicate what your CD4 count is, as a reflection of where you are on the HIV spectrum. Later stage HIV infection can have many different eye manifetations.You also don't indicate whether you are taking any HIV meds or other meds... Read more »

sensitivity to light

Im wondering why I am so sensitive to light....I tend to stay indoors now in fact all the time, if... Read more »

Response from Keith Henry, M.D. »

Light sensitivity

Hi, how are you? I am currently taking Atripla and Dapsone. On Mar. 13, 2007 I noticed that my... Read more »

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Articles

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

India: A Study Comparing Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV Among Ex-Red-Light District and Non-Red-Light District Sex Workers After the Demolition of Baina Red-Light District

Goa's red-light district was demolished in 2004. In the current study, the researchers compared HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) between sex workers who had been based in the Baina red-light district (ex-RLD-SWs) with those who had... Read more »

Chicago Drug-Treatment Services Need Programs for LGBT Community; Officials Worried About Drug Use in Spread of HIV

Chicago's drug-treatment services need additional programs, as well as cultural-sensitivity training, to better combat substance use problems within the city's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, according to a city Department of... Read more »

Advocate Calls on Media Outlets in Ethiopia to Be More Sensitive When Reporting on HIV/AIDS

Media outlets in Ethiopia should be more sensitive when reporting on or about people living with HIV/AIDS because some of the language used has been improper, Sonya De Masi, resident adviser at Internews Network , said on Monday during a media... Read more »

Toronto Star Profiles Canadian Photography Collective PhotoSensitive, Project on HIV/AIDS in Rwanda

The Toronto Star on Sunday featured an article by Christopher Maughan, an intern with the journalism partnership Rwanda Initiative , about the Canadian photography collective PhotoSensitive and its efforts to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS in... Read more »

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Teeth Sensitivity

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

tested negative at 5 months and 6 months via elisa after a possible vaginal exposure. i did use a condom but who knows. Lately I've been having teeth sensitivity and am wondering if it could be hiv??? I have been taking doxyciline/minocycline post... Read more »

PCR sensitivity

Posted by GPPG, 1 Reply

For everyone I am posting the information I gathered about RNA/DNA testing's sensitivity ( i.e not reporting false negative),
1. RNA-PCR 90 - 98 % (depending on timing, immunse response, assay etc.)
2. bDNA little more sensitive
3. DNA-PCR > 99%
4.... Read more »

oral-saliva test sensitivity

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Hi,

Would appreciate any help for this question/problem. Seven weeks ago I had my 1st and only bisexual experience with another man. I performed oral sex on him with no ejaculation in my mouth. Of course, now I am scared to death! I have been in... Read more »

The Green light was not given....

Posted by paman1964

To have sex without condoms is dangerous. The HIV rate again is rapidly increasing and we must resume safe sex methods in order to control the spread of this menace. Read more »

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