How Likely Is It To Get AIDS From Blood

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Table of Contents What Is Diabetes? Symptoms of Diabetes Glucose Tests Who Is at Risk for Diabetes? What Problems Can Diabetes Cause? How Are Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes Treated? HIV and Diabetes Taking Care of Yourself What Is Diabetes? Diabetes and pre-diabetes are serious conditions in which people have high levels of sugar or glucose in their blood. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),...

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Possible to be resistant to all meds? If so, how likely/rare?

(I may asked this question once already but I put the wrong email the first time, so I'm asking again with the right email.)Hi. I was recently diagnosed positive. I haven't got the blood results yet (getting them this week), but my body...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

Hi and thanks for your post.Sorry to hear about your recent diagnosis; it sounds like you're doing your best to learn about your health and treatment options.Drug resistance can be an issue for patients-- a story that can potentially limit the... Read more »

Is this an ARS-like rash or a fungal infection?

Sorry for this long question but your erudite answer would be greatly appreciated. I am an extremely HIV-aware individual and tested negative for HIV week-6. No encounters after this. Week 0 at an executive bash in Bangkok had a protected sexual...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

1. NO2. NO, from what you describe. YES.3. Several cold viruses cause rashes in addition to cold/flu like symptoms. Nasal congestion, runny nose, blocked ears, etc, are not ARS symptoms.4. Extremely unlikely. Of all the thousands of dentists and... Read more »

How to help an impaired single parent with likely dementia?

I've known my single-parent neighbor, "Jane," who is HIV-positive, and her two daughters for 11 years. Her younger daughter was infected at birth and is now 13, so Jane has been infected at least that long and does not use medication....

Response from Ewald Horwath, M.D.

University of Miami School of Medicine

You need to contact Child Protective Services. These children are being neglected and abused and they need help beyond what you can provide. I agree that Jane is probably suffering from HIV associated dementia. She also needs help and is more likely... Read more »

Red Pimple-like Rashes on Body

My friend who was recently diagnosed HIV+ was also found to have syphilis. His CD4 and viral load status are healthy so he is not on any medication now. However, he went on a penicillin treatment to cure his syphilis. After the penicillin treatment...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,The interaction between HIV and syphilis is complex. (See below.)What you are describing may be a Jarish-Herxheimer reaction. This can occur when secondary syphilis is treated with penicillin and appears to be more common in HIV-positives than... Read more »

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What's it gonna be like?

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Hello everybody. I'm writing from Europe, Italy. I'm 28 and I was diagnosed with HIV just two weeks ago; I didn't expect it because I've had no symptoms so far. It was like a fist in my chest, my mind was reeling as I felt like falling from the 7th... Read more »

Would it be obvious(Basically, what would it feel like) if someone else's blood got in your eye.

Posted by AZT, 2 Replies

Would it be obvious(Basically, what would it feel like) if someone else's blood got in your eye. Read more »

"The AIDS-like Disease Seldom Mentioned"

Posted by My3Cents

UK PROGRESSIVE published one of my letters about NON HIV AIDS.

This marked its 9th publication on 4 continents. This topic has been censored from mainstream media since 1992.

www.ukprogressive.co.uk/the-aids-like-disease-seldom-mentioned/article208... Read more »

Are HIV- women or men more likely to be accepting of you being HIV+

Posted by PozInOrlando, 1 Reply

I am recently HIV+ and it seems based on what I read about and have heard that men who are HIV- tend to be more accepting of a woman who's HIV+ than the other way around when it comes to serodiscordant relationships

Do yo think when it comes to... Read more »

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