How Do You Know If You Have Vaginal Candidiasis

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Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

My girlfriend is suffering with vaginal candidiasis.I read in many pages that it could be the first sign for HIV.She had a test for HIV and it was negative.Please give me some information, im worried for her and myself.Could the test be wrong and... Read more »

oral candidiasis/ARS

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Hi!first of all excuse my english.i'm so scared i think i'm going mad.three months before was my last sexual contact.a week after this i had sore throat,runny nose and sneezing.after a week more i haad swollen lymph node on my neck.after three... Read more »

oral candidiasis/ARS

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I hope that someone will read this message!!!excuse my english.
three months before was my last sexual contact-protected.
but before this we were together in the tub...how foolish.
one week later i had sore throat runny nose,sneezing.after two weeks... Read more »

Recurring Vaginal Thrush

Posted by Roper2008, 2 Replies

Hello Everyone, I know I have had a negative test so I should be happy. But my Girlfriends recurring vaginal Thrush over the last 9 months has me in a state of panic. Add to that bouts of Diarrhoea, her Tongue looking the same as mine; White and... Read more »

Candidiasis a los 19 dias????

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

hola!!!

espero que alguien me pueda responder o sacarme de la duda...el dia 23 de junio tuve una relacion sexual con una persona de la cual desconosco su estatus en cuanto al vih...la relacion fue vaginal sin proteccion...el miedo me surgio a razi de... Read more »

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Candidiasis vaginal

hola, quiza me pueda responder. Ultimamente no he recibido respuestas y para nosotros (por mas de que estemos acompaados por un medico que nos es de mucha ayuda) es dificil sentirmos acompaados ya que, por lo menos en mi caso, no cuento de mi...

Response from Steven M. Natterstad, M.D.

Frascino Medical Group

Buenas noches,Me entristece que no puedas ser completamente honesta con cualquier mdico a quien ves. Vivir con VIH ya es suficientemente exigente sin tener que preocuparte por los prejuicios de una comunidad mdica inculta. Afortunadamente es seguro... Read more »

erythematous candidiasis...likely HIV?

Hi Dr. Frascino,I've been extremely worried lately about my HIV status and have found relief in your humorous and straight (??) responses. Thank you! On to my issue:I'm a 30 yr old male. I was diagnosed with erythematous candidiasis last...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,1.Yes, both antibiotics and corticosteroids can predispose someone to oral candidiasis and this is most likely what happened to you.2.The majority of cases of "erythematous candidiasis" have nothing to do with HIV.3.Does it sound... Read more »

Systematic Candidiasis

I have had an overgrowth of yeast in my vaginal area for approximately 4 years and now it seems to have spread through my body...I don't have regular really bad yeast infections but my boyfriend has a constant jock itch. (we are both positive)....

Response from Judith Feinberg, M.D.

University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine

It may be that you and your boyfriend are trading yeast infections back and forth between you. You don't say whether either one of you is taking combination medicine for HIV. If you aren't, that may provide your body with enough of a... Read more »

Candidiasis recurrente

Hola Doctor! Mi pareja padece de candidiasis vaginal desde hace unos 5 0 6 aos. Nunca se lo haba tratado hasta hace un par de aos, pero le volvi a salir. Hace 4 meses se volvi a tratar y de momento no ha vuelto a padecerla. No hemos padecido ninguno...

Response from Jorge Santana Bagur, M.D.

Universidad de Puerto Rico

En el caso de su pareja es importante que se evalue con su medico. Candidiasis recurrente en mujer joven sexualmente actiiva puede deberse entre otras cosas a desordenes hormonales, Diabetes, pero tambien hay que descartar la posibilidad de... Read more »

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