How Long Does Pelvic Pain Last With Hiv

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Pain associated with long term treatment of HIV

Dr. Henry,I started having deep aches in all my joints 2 years ago. I have been treated for HIV for 15 years with normal CD4 cell counts and non detectable Viral Loads and no other major illnesses. My specialist sent the inflammatory lab work up...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

I have not seen credible data clearly linking long tern successful HIV treatment with swelling of joints or specific drugs with that problem either. In our large HIV clinic we also have not been seeing a trend of increasing joint problems above and... Read more »

pelvic pain after a c-section

I have a c-section 7 months ago and I experience pain in my lower stomach (pelvic area)on both... Read more »

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I have been HIV+ for about 10 years now. Ive been on several different medication regimes, since I... Read more »

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for hiv- people with long lasting symptoms

Posted by Jambasher, 4 Replies

And for anyone interested. Its my first post. Great site, helping probably millions of people. Wonderful work!

This is maybe not the right place to do this but still:

There seem to be the rather frequent occasion of people suffering from long lasting... Read more »

Muscle Pain Fibromyalgia & Myofascial Pain

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Long term survivor here, protease inhibitor usage going on 8 years, with multiple drug resistance and changes.
I have been having muscle pain, mainly back and neck, but also all over body pain. I used to be able to exercise and weight lift but... Read more »

How long has this been going on?

Posted by crazy_person, 6 Replies

How long have people been suffering with what are HIV-like symptoms who do not have HIV? I'm HIV negative, past the window period, but continue to have HIV (even early-AIDS) symptoms. I'm wondering if there is some new HIV mimic virus going around... Read more »

how long do you live with HIV?

Posted by Nicole_herpes, 3 Replies

how long do you live with HIV? I am 1 month. I am feel alone after i know it. But i i just find friends at HIV dating site, such asn STDROmance.com Read more »

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