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Peripheral Neuropathy and HIV/AIDS

Table of Contents What Is Peripheral Neuropathy? What Causes PN? Who Is at Risk of Developing PN? How Do You Know if You Have PN? PN Treatments AIMS for PN What Is Peripheral Neuropathy? Many people living with HIV (HIV+) develop problems that involve the nervoussystem. The nervous system controls thinking, movement, sensations, andfeelings. There are two parts of the nervous system: the brain and spinal cord(central...

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Dear doctor in the past you have said the HIV neuropathy usually happens in the advanced stage of hiv, my question is, how soon can it happen? Is 2 years a a good time for it to start? Please help me out. thankyou very much...

Response from Judith Feinberg, M.D.

University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine

It isn't possible to give a timeframe for this because different people have different rates of HIV disease progression. On AVERAGE, it might take 8-10 years fater becoming HIV-infected to develop HIV-related peripheral neuropathy.... Read more »

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You say neuropathy effects he feet then hands what happens to them?...

Response from Judith Feinberg, M.D.

University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine

The symptoms can include numbness, a "pins & needles" sensation (like when a foot falls asleep), and pain.... Read more »

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can foot neuropathy happen at any stage of hiv regardless of vl or cd4 count. seven months after exposure, does this mean high vl or fast progression?...

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.

Rocky Mountain CARES

Thanks for your post.While peripheral neuropathy can occur at any CD4 count, it's much more common among persons with lower CD4 counts. I'm not aware of any particular association between PN and viral load or rate of disease progression.... Read more »

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Can HIV-related hand or leg neuropathy happen at any stage of infection regardless of the CD4 count in someone who has not yet been on medications? I believe I was infected 2 to 3 years ago. I am going for testing but have already developed burning...

Response from Brian Conway, M.D.

University of British Columbia

This certainly does not mean you have gone on to AIDS. There are many causes of the symptoms that you describe that have nothing to do with HIV infection, so I would keep an open mind until all of the tests have been done. Even if it does turn out... Read more »

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Neuropathy??? maybe. Your thoughts?

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

Hi guys. Scott here. Am very new to this forum. I'm very recently diagnosed. Exposed just over 3 months ago. 3 weeks after infection (amongst all the other symptoms) I got tingling in my hands, then an all over hypersensitivity sensation (like... Read more »

Seroconversion and Peripheral Neuropathy

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

This is a question for anyone who is living with HIV or who has recently been diagnosed as HIV positive:

Did any of you experience the numbness/tingling in the feet, legs, hands and arms during your seroconversion?

If so . . . for what period of... Read more »

neuropathy

Posted by cepo, 2 Replies

I had a vaginal unprotected sexual exposure with someone like 6 months ago, after a month I had a really bad backache that lasted 2 weeks and then went away. I never had any other sympton, the reason I 'm freaking out is because i started getting... Read more »

Neuropathy

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Hi.

I have been experiencing some strange and disturbing symptoms for 6+ weeks now and was hoping maybe someone could shed some light on whether or not this is possible neuropathy and if so whether this type of PN is ever seen in recently infected... Read more »

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