Hiv And Stomach Symptoms

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Caring for Your Gut: Dealing With Diarrhea, Nausea and Other Stomach Problems if You Have HIV/AIDS

Table of Contents Gut Basics The Gut and HIV Diarrhea and HIV Coping With Diarrhea Nausea, Vomiting and Anorexia Gas, Bloating and Heartburn Taking Care of Yourself Gut Basics The gut includes the stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum, and anus. It is also called the gastrointestinal or GI tract. The gut plays an important role in keeping you healthy. It is where food is broken down, digested, and the...

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Stomach Pains a Symptom?

Hello Doctor, Starting the 12th week after potential exposure, I have been having some stomach/abdomum pain/discomfort. It's not a sharp pain, more of a tightness or a cramp. It hasn't been causing any lack of sleep or other problems...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

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Stomach upset or Hiv

Dr, In your expirece with Acute viral Syndrome, does my symptoms sound like it. 4 days after protected vaginal intercoarse with a girl I came down with stomach pains that caused me to throw up, only time I was feverish was after I vommited, a slight...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

I agree with them and your symptoms alone are not enough.MH... Read more »

stomach problems/ HIV ?

Hello,I wrote some time ago about about some stomach problem that are still going on.I'm an otherwise healthy guy who found out my HIV status in August of 1992. I've never been on meds and my t-cells have slowly fallen over the years with...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

From your brief history, it sounds like an acute event, such as an acute infectious gastroenteritis, is what was going on. It also sounds like they gave you a very good diagnostic workup without a cause. Most infectious causes for symptoms such as... Read more »

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 only been on Medications for three out of the last ten months due to an undiagnosed chronic stomach and intestinal bloating disorder that the meds...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Which possibly GI friendly meds might work for you depends alot on your entire HIV treatment history (focusing on presence of drug resistant virus), medical history, concomitant medications, and other individualized data so difficult to make any... Read more »

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HIV Symptoms

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

Please, I need answers today. First I had a rash (shoulders to stomach that did not itch), 2 weeks later I had the worse case of strep throat in my life (heavy fever/sweat through sheets), I proceed to get this 3 weeks later and then 3 weeks after... Read more »

HIV OR GERD SYMPTOMS?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

This question may require an answer from a doctor. I've read that alot of people would mistaken the symptoms of GERD to HIV. (GERD is a type of Gastrointestinal disease). Anyway, for example, if one was to have a chronic sore throat and nausea and... Read more »

HIV related symptoms????

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I had unprotected anal and oral sex 2 weeks ago. About a week after, I started having symptoms like nausea, chills, stomach/abdominal cramping, itchiness all over (no rash), and EXTREME Fatigue. The symptoms are continuing now into the second... Read more »

stomach feels horrible

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I'm have lots of symtoms but I'm still waiting to take my test again to know for sure. I keep having a achy feeling in my belly. It's weird I don't have a diahrea but I do have a ton of gas. Is this another possible symptom of being infected? I've... Read more »

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