Hiv Symptoms In Older Men

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Older People and HIV

How Many Older People Have AIDS? About 29% of all people with AIDS in the United States are age 50 or over. In 2001, this proportion was 17%. In some cities, as many as 37% of people with AIDS are older than 50. The number of older people diagnosed with AIDS is increasing. There are three types of older people with HIV: People who have been living with HIV for many years; older HIV-infected people who are just learning their HIV status; and...

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Safe sex with older men?

How can you get a condom to stay on when your guy has a hard time keeping anerection? Are there any other alternatives for having safe sex, orally, vaginally, and anally, thtawill protect two lovers?...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Hi. Thank you for your question.If a man cannot keep an erection, the condom will usually not stay on. Thiscould understandably lead to difficulties. In terms of practicing safer sex without a condom, there are somealternatives to condoms. As... Read more »

burn out at old hiv-pioneers (OLDER PEOPLE AND HIV/AIDS)

Hi Dr. Bob.Mikel again from Germanys online-support hotline :-)on world aids day i will be interviewed by a radiochannel to the subject of "getting old with hiv"gee, I am just 48 and within the hiv-community i am rated as "older"...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi Mikel,Hopefully the information below will help with your interview. By the way, HIV "daddies" can still be hot! Stay well.Dr. Bobdata & longevityJun 22, 2007 Hi: thank you for all the insightfull information. I am compelled to... Read more »

HIV over 50 (HIV IN OLDER FOLKS, 2009)

Hello,Do you know what strategies or prevention efforts have been done to address the individuals over 50 that are getting the virus? What prevention efforts do you think will be effective in the prevention of HIV in this population?...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,The strategies are the same: Increase HIV/AIDS awareness and safer-sex prevention techniques. Some folks over 50 don't realize they are at risk. (One wonders where the hell they've been for the past 27 years, but nonetheless . . . .)... Read more »

Older Patient and Course of HIV

Is there any research that can shed some light on whether the course of HIV to AIDS (and also overall life expectancy) is more rapid in men who are first diagnosed "later in life," i.e. in their late 50's?Thanks for any...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

As a modest rule of thumb there is a trend in some studies for older HIV+ patients to progress more rapidly (modest difference). There are so many exceptions to that that I almost hesitate to even state that. On the positive side there is some... Read more »

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HIV + Men And Women 35 and older $50 paid study- Baltimore

Posted by HENNEHIVSTUDY

We are conducting a
RESEARCH STUDY
to understand motivations around
participating in clinical research trials.

Participants must be:
Women or Men who have sex with men 35 or older; and
HIV positive.

The study will take place in Baltimore on

Thursday... Read more »

HIV + Men And Women 35 and older $50 paid study

Posted by HENNEHIVSTUDY

BALTIMORE!!

We are conducting a
RESEARCH STUDY
to understand motivations around
participating in clinical research trials.

Participants must be:
Women or Men who have sex with men 35 or older; and
HIV positive.

The study will take place in Baltimore on Read more »

HIV + Men And Women 35 and older $50 paid study

Posted by HENNEHIVSTUDY

Older people with HIV

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

My mother was just diagnosed with HIV --she's 65 for god's sake! She said she had sex with a man she met in Florida five years ago--someone her age. No one told her she had to use protection. Are there any other people out there with parents with... Read more »

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