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How Much Weight Do You Lose If You Have Hiv
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losing weight with hivdoes everyone with hiv loose weight is there meds you can take to gain your weight back what can you do to stop loosing weight...
Response from Graeme Moyle, M.D.
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
Weight loss in HIV has a number of different causes and is most typically associated with advancing disease and CD4 decline. Treating HIV with medication generally prevent weight loss although of course some older medications, d4T and AZT, triggered...
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"2 Negative Quick Rapid HIV test but I am losing weight"Hello everybody. I am a 30 yr old straight male - First off I've been reading this forum since... Read more »Am I the only hiv+ person who wants to lose weight??I am constantly hearing about wasting, but I'm on the other end of the spectrum. I am about... Read more »
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Majority of African Americans Say United States Is "Losing Ground" in Fight Against HIV/AIDS, Survey ShowsFifty-six percent of African Americans say that the United States is "losing ground" in the fight against HIV/AIDS, according to a survey released on Wednesday by the Kaiser Family Foundation (Maltin, Cox/Atlanta Journal-Constitution , 8/5).... Read more »
Treating Unintentional Weight Loss Nutrition Options: An Important Piece of the HIV PuzzleUnintentional weight loss has long been recognized as a reason for concern in people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). Both studies and experience have helped us to understand that unintentional weight loss can be a signal of a potential secondary... Read more »
A Three-Course Meal -- 3. Dessert: Nutrition, Weight and HIVRegardless of HIV status, the equation is simple: Your body weight is a result of how many calories you take in through food and how many calories you use up through all the activities of your day. This equation is called energy balance , and HIV... Read more »
Study Links Diet to Health in HIV Positive MenOne of the hallmarks of untreated HIV/AIDS is unintentional weight loss, or wasting. In the early 1980s, before the name AIDS was given to the pandemic, people in East Africa referred to AIDS-related wasting as "slim" or "slim disease." There... Read more »
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losing weight
Posted by theman22, 1 Reply
everyday i weigh myself. some days i weight 2 or 3 pounds less then ill weigh 4 to 5 pounds more then ill lose 3 or 4 pounds the next day. but i am def losing weight and i have not been doing anything lately. if anything i should be gaining fat...
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WEIGHT LOST
Posted by MACKD413, 1 Reply
My doctor told me the reason that I was losing weight was because of my hiv. Now that I am on meds, will the weight come back? Sick and tired of people asking me "have you lost weight."
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hiv
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
Why is losing weight a sympton for early hiv?? how does it make you lose weight can someone please tell me im scared that i might be hiv positive
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Is losing one's voice every 3 months a sign of HIV
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
My friend's voice is lost again. Fever, chills and then it goes away without any medication after 4 days. It then happens again 3 months later. What is going on?
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