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How Can OIs Be Avoided
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Ask the Experts
Can you treat OI's as they come up?Dr Bob, my brother is HIV+ but refuses to go on HAART. He has never even tried it. I once tried to slip into his food but he found out and got very angry. He believes that he will feel better if we just keep treating each OI as they apper rather...
Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation
Hello Lucy,I'm sorry to hear your brother is having so many medical problems at the moment and remains so resistant to trying HAART. He certainly seems inordinately worried about HAART side effects and not feeling well on antiretrovirals....
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Odds of Severe Side Effects vs. Odds of Developing OIsDear Doctor:With some horror, I have read on this website some of the possible side effects of... Read more »Odds of Severe Side Effects vs. Odds of Developing OIsDear Doctor: With some horror, I have read on this website some of the possible side effects of... Read more »
Articles
OIs and Co-Infections and STIs -- Oh, My!Now that powerful HIV medications can slow down the progression of HIV-related disease and even AIDS, more common illnesses (such as heart disease and cancer) have become a greater concern for people living with the virus. Still, some of the same... Read more »
African Americans With HIV Have Higher OI Rates and Hospital Mortality, but Lower HCV Rates, Than Whites, Hospital Survey FindsThere's nothing like hearing the results of studies directly from those who actually conducted the research. In this interview, you'll meet one of these impressive HIV researchers and read her explanation of the study she presented at ICAAC/IDSA... Read more »
Rate of OIs and Death Significantly Higher in HIV/HBV- or HIV/HCV-Coinfected PatientsThe SMART (the Strategic Management of Antiretroviral Therapy) study may have been one of the most important studies of 2006. 1 Initiated by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded Terry Beirn Community Programs for Clinical Research... Read more »
Harm Reduction and HIVWhat Is Harm Reduction? Harm Reduction in Action Harm Reduction and HIV Challenges to Harm Reduction Is Harm Reduction Legal? Harm Reduction in New Mexico The Bottom Line For More Information What Is Harm Reduction? Harm... Read more »
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ARS / OI confusion
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
Alright i'm going crazy ARS/ OI is it something that can be overlooked? I mean i've been on heightened security with my body lately and i'm considering myself under mercy of the weather.Symptoms for ARS i mean, from what i've read it's something... Read more » WHO guidelines/ WBC count/ OI's
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
Questions:1. Does anyone know what is WHO window period guidelines? 2. Do WBC count drop during primary infections - say like 10 days - 2 weeks post infection. By WBC count drop, does it mean total leucocyte count or only lymphocytes count. This I am... Read more » avoiding transmission to others in school.
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
im still waiting 3 month's to get tested, by the time the date comes i will be starting highschool, how can i avoid passing the virus to my friends and classmates in school?Read more » can you avoid lipodystrophy?
Posted by hopefulone, 4 Replies
s there a way you can avoid or lesson the impact of lipodystrophy if on atripla? good diet and regular exercise? or regardless of exercise and diet youre going to change?
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