Hiv Symptoms And Effects In Teens

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Depression and HIV

Treatment for Depression Depression can be treated with lifestyle changes, alternative therapies, and/or with medications. Many medications and therapies for depression can interfere with your HIV treatment. Your health care provider can help you select the therapy or combination of therapies most appropriate for you. Do not try to self-medicate with alcohol or illegal drugs as these can increase depression and create additional problems. ...

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Teen with Symptoms without being Sexually Active?

Thank you so much for taking the time to help us. You all really change lives. So I'm a sixteen year old male and have not been sexually exposed/active what-so-ever,but lately I've been experiencing many HIV-related symptoms. And I started...

Response from David Wohl, M.D.

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Correction: HIV CAN NOT be transmitted sharing tooth brushes, french kissing (unless we are talking major rotting periodontal disease among both parties) or toilets. Open cuts also are not going to do it unless lots of blood shared in some sort of... Read more »

Drug side effects or just HIV symptoms

This link offers an interesting explanation to HIV symptoms, which are ironically similiar to some of the documented ARV side effects. Please offer your opinion? http://www.natures-support.com/immuneplus_peripheral.htmlPerhaps herbs should be...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

That is company based webside for which there is little to no published data documenting safety and benefit of use of alternatie medications. KH... Read more »

Valtrex's effect on Symptoms of Acute HIV?

One week ago I suddenly began having fever, night sweats, mild diarrhoea, swollen lymphs. 5 days ago my mouth broke out in ulcers and a white film. 2 doctors gave their opinions and one said the mouth was 'yeast' the other said it was...

Response from David Wohl, M.D.

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Valtrex (val-acyclovir) should not have an effect on acute HIV symptoms. If you are worried, I would get HIV testing. If exposure was recent an HIV viral load or combo antibody/p24 would be appropriate. DW... Read more »

Experiencing HIV Treatment side-effect symptoms when not in treatment

This person I know is relative healthy and her cell counts are extremely high. However, for the past 3 weeks, she has been experiencing HIV Treatment side effects symptoms (low platelet count, severe headaches, diabetes, stomached and more.) The...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Those symptoms are quite non-specific. I would not characterize them as typical treatment side effects since most patients who are on current regimens in the US for example do not experience side effects such as you list. Certainly stress and many... Read more »

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Is Pancreatitis a symptom/effect of HIV Infection?

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Help for HIV Women and Teens in maryland and DC

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Teens 17,or 18 WORRIED MUCH!

Posted by Anonymous, 5 Replies

IS THERE ANY TEENS IN HERE DEALING WITH HIV/AIDS, BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16-18 IM 17 AND AM VERY WORRIED I HAVE IT BECAUSE OF AN EXPOSER I HAD THANK YOU ALL!

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Ur Stories on Early HIV Symptoms.

Posted by thinker, 3 Replies

Hello to all,

I would really appreciate it if some of you out there would share your stories with me about your experience with ARS (early symptoms) before you were diagnosed HIV +. What type of symptoms did you have? How long after your exposure... Read more »

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