How To Manage Constipation When You Are Hiv Positive

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Introduction Opportunistic Infections and HIV Disease Preventing Infections in the First Place Treating Infections as They Occur Preventive Treatment for OIs Maintenance Therapy A Final Word on Strategies for Managing Opportunistic Infections List of AIDS-Defining OIs from the Centers for Disease Control Introduction HIV ( human immunodeficiency virus ) infects the cells of your body's immune system. It then impairs how...

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Death (HIV/AIDS A CHRONIC, NOT ALWAYS SO MANAGEABLE, CONDITION, 2010) ( HIV AND ACCELERATED AGING, 2010)

I think the p.c. word is morbidity . I recently had an argument with one of the very few friends iv disclosed to who stated , "people don't die from aids anymore". For whatever reason after 4 years despite three meds ( kaletra,...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello Pillboy,Morbidity means illness. Mortality refers to pushing up daisies.Your friend is woefully misinformed. HIV/AIDS is a slowly progressive disease that does not have a cure. That makes it a terminal (fatal) condition. Yes, we have made... Read more »

tinnitis, nausea & constipation

as unlikely as these three symptoms seem to be linked together, they are. i'm constipated to all hell because of the bad diet i cant get out of due to the nausea. to overcome the nausea, i have to smoke a little bit of pot, which will then...

Response from Brian Boyle, M.D., J.D.

Cornell University, Weill Medical College

The tinnitis and nausea can be linked and may be associated with an inner ear problem, medications, anxiety, depression or other problems. Your description of it is atypical, and your physician should evaluate these problems. Some patients do get... Read more »

Bladder infection/constipation

10 year HIV+ male, 39, CD4 constant at 210-250 range, undetectable viral load, history of anal warts with three operations. The after the last operation in Sept 2002, male started to experience UTI, tested positive to 10 different kinds of bateria...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Remeron can cause constipation and a sense of having urinary frequency which can mimic a UTI. Trying to avoid antibiotics to allow normal bacteria to return (? yogurt diet for a while) helps some patients in your situation. Flomax can help the... Read more »

constipation with bleeding

dear Doc,first I want to thank you for the time you take to answer thease questions .second,my question is does HIV cause constipation with bleeding ,and is this a signe of Kaposi sarcoma? for your information I am not on any treatments yet since I...

Response from Judith Feinberg, M.D.

University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine

The most common cause for constipation with bleeding is hemorrhoids. KS can cause some blood loss but it doesn't cause constipation. An examination will findout whether you have either internal or external hemorrhoids, or if there is another... Read more »

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