Advertisement

The Body: The Complete HIV/AIDS Resource Follow Us Follow Us on Facebook Follow Us on Twitter
Professionals >> Visit The Body PROThe Body en Espanol

Hiv Night Sweats

Here's a taste of what TheBody.com has to offer on this topic:
Ask the Experts

hiv obsession and night sweats downunder

Hi RyanFor a long time I have been obsessed with the idea I have hiv, and every medical symptom I get I attribute to my assumed hiv infection.I have recently begun to have night sweats (doctor says it may be perimenopause - I am a 47 year old...
Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W

Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W

Columbia University's Health & Related Services
The fact that you say that you are obsessing about HIV, but have no real evidence that you have been exposed to HIV through a likely route, says a lot. It is so unlikely that you would have been infected through a manicure, a kiss on the cheek, or... Read more »

Dirreah, Night Sweats, HIV??

Dr. Bob-Thanks for the wonderful work, you are a great man.3 years ago I got jerked off by a strung... Read more »

Night Sweats, and newly HIV Diagnosis

I have recently tested HIVpositive, I was in the servoconversion phase when it was detected. It has... Read more »
Articles
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

Screening HIV-Positive Patients for TB in Resource-Poor Settings

The "[a]bsence of all of current cough, fever, night sweats, and weight loss can identify a subset of people living with HIV who have a very low probability of having TB disease," write the authors of a PLoS Medicine study that used individual... Read more »
Test Positive Aware Network

Pickett Fences: Day and Night, Night and Day and Night

It is the day after my 35th birthday. It is five-and-one-half years since I tested positive for HIV. It is nearly one year since I kicked my triple combo to the curb. It is minutes after watching, for the first time, a video journal I collaborated... Read more »
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

New York: A Night Out With the HIV-Positive

About 30 people gathered one recent Thursday evening at the Vlada gay bar in Hell's Kitchen for POZ, a party for HIV-positive men and their friends. Event producer and promoter Jacob Pring created the free weekly gathering to enhance the men's... Read more »
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Canada: Restaurants Gear Up for Night of Fundraising for HIV/AIDS

On Wednesday evening, April 25, 43 mostly Ottawa-area restaurants will participate in the ninth year of A Taste for Life, an event in which they donate 25 percent of receipts to local AIDS organizations. This year's beneficiaries are the Snowy Owl... Read more »
Connect With Others

Hiv+ for 20yrs/No meds having night sweats/rash

Posted by ajpooboy, 5 Replies
I am a white male Nordic background and have never been sick.I have never been on Meds ever. Been Poz for 20+ yrs but now am having night sweats/day sweats and have developed a rash all over my body. Mt CD4 has always been around 600 and my VL... Read more »

Clear up the sweating/night sweats issue!!!

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
I had what I consider "night sweats"....Approximately 10-12 days after "exposure". They lasted may 4 nights or so, haven't had trouble since. Woke up sweating at night, not DRENCHED...just kinda sticky sweaty on my shoulders, forehead and neck.

No... Read more »

Define "night sweats" to me.....

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies
I know an HIV symptom CAN be night sweats. Do these night sweats happen during ARS? After? And if so, how long after? A few months after infection? Years?
I know sweating in itself is common and could be from MANY different things. Just wondering... Read more »

Night sweats

Posted by Anonymous
Are hiv related night sweats all night long .Every night i go to sleep i wake up about an hour later sweating ,not soaked but my head and upper body is sweaty,then i turn my pillow over and stop sweating after about 30 minutes.Does this sound like... Read more »

Advertisement