Hiv Past 50

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A Timeline of Women Living With HIV: Past, Present and Future -- 2011

31 Years at a Glance 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 ... Read more »

A Timeline of Women Living With HIV: Past, Present and Future -- Introduction

31 Years at a Glance 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 ... Read more »

A Timeline of Women Living With HIV: Past, Present and Future -- 2006

31 Years at a Glance 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 ... Read more »

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can HIV treatment is the past affect HCV meds?

Hi,I have co-infection HIV/HCV and I did 2 HIV treatments in 1998, none of those worked for me, I couldnt cope with the side effects so my doctor took me out of treatments.Now I have to start HCV treatment and I wonder how all the different meds...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

HIV medications which you have taken in the past should not at all affect your HCV treatment now. If your CD4 count is low, I would favor reinitiation of your HIV medications. I assume however, that you are not taking them because you are doing so... Read more »

returning to work/can't get insuredI have been living with HIV for 10 years. Over the past four years I have seen my general health improve to the point where I want to return to work. Further, my good health and progressively better lab results have put

I have been living with HIV for 10 years. Over the past four years I have seen my health improve to the point where I want to return to work.I have an excellent job offer in Atlanta Georgia that offers a good salary, a way back into the workforce,...

Response from Nancy Breuer

WorkPositive, Inc.

Does your income put you above the Georgia ceiling for ADAP? If so, I regret that I don't have new ideas for you, except the suggestion that you contact the best benefits manager I know to ask about options. He is Jacques Chambers, and you can... Read more »

Severe Hypochondria on HIV/aids and ashamed of past mistake

Hi. I found this website really helpful and i want more help.Recently i am suffering from severe Hiv hypochondria. The country i am living in has very HIV prevalence rate and all the migrants have to go through HIV test to ensure their fitness. 5...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,I agree your problem is "severe HIV hypochondria" and not HIV itself! Your HIV-acquisition risk is extremely low, considering your experience was just two young (and presumably HIV-negative) teenagers experimenting and satisfying... Read more »

Friend won't tell past partners of recently HIV diagnosis

My friend recently found out he was HIV+. I'm helping him through it based on my experience with living with HIV. One area I don't know how to handle though is his lack of responsibility in telling past partners. He believes he was...

Response from David Fawcett, Ph.D., L.C.S.W.

South Florida Center for Counseling and Therapy

It is estimated that more than 20% of the HIV+ people in the US don't know their status. An HIV+ person who is untreated is vastly more likely to infect another person than someone who is on meds. Unfortunately the shame and stigma of being... Read more »

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Can HIV survive in Sandalwood paste?

Posted by needhelp20102011, 1 Reply

I'm an Indian origin. I shaved my head recently for an Indian ritual and applied sandalwood paste on my head.
All hindus will do the same thing and share the same sandalwood paste container.
But I'm worried what if HIV exists in the paste as it was... Read more »

Blast from the past: Mr. DUDE

Posted by DUDE

Fellas fellas fellas,,,,
It's certainly time to move one. These HIV tests are very sensative. If you are infected with the HIV virus (or any virus for that matter)
the human body produces anti-bodies. The body reacts. THink of it like this. If you... Read more »

Flu past 10 weeks

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

i got the flu past 10 weeks exposure. Do you think this has any reltion to hiv? im very scsred.

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Feeling the need to disclose to a past sex partner

Posted by Anonymous

I'm an HIV+ woman, over the summer i had a fling with a man not knowing his HIV status but i assumed he was negative. We used protection many times and several times we used nothing. Recently, i've thought about my actions with the coming and... Read more »

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