How To Manage Facial Wasting 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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How to manage facial wasting?

Over the last several months my face has collapsed and become sunken. In a matter of months I have visually aged 15 years. The rest of my body is fine and has not changed. I am 6'3" at 198 lbs. I am HIV pos for 20 years, T-cell count aprox...

Response from Douglas T. Dieterich, M.D.

New York University, School of Medicine

Dear Facial Wasting, This can be associated with HIV medication, you don't mention if you are taking any now. Changing meds or taking a holiday can certainly stop the progression. It occassionally gets better then, but not usually. There are... Read more »

Facial Body Wasting

Hi, I have recently been diagnosed positive. My CD4 count is 670 and my viral load is around 1200. I have been told that I am healthy and there thought HIV is present, at present it has not damaged my body in any way. I barely had/have any signs and...

Response from Nelson Vergel, B.S.Ch.E., M.B.A.

Program for Wellness Restoration

I am sorry that you are going through the shock of finding out you are HIV+.I am happy to tell you that the new medications used for HIV are a lot less likely to cause facial wasting (lipoatrophy), so I really would not worry about this if I was... Read more »

insurance coverage for facial wasting

What are the individual circumstances by which I might receive insurance reimbursement for plastic surgery needed to ameliorate facial wasting from HIV meds? I have been positive for over 16 years and on meds for 13. It has been showing more and...

Response from Lynn L. Franzoi

Worldwide Benefits for Fox, Inc.

If you live in California and your health plan is an insured plan, California Health and Safety Code Section 1367.63 provides that after 7/1/99, plans must cover "reconstructive surgery." "Reconstructive surgery" is defined as... Read more »

insurance coverage for facial wasting

Response from Lynn L. Franzoi

Worldwide Benefits for Fox, Inc.

California Health and Safety Code Section 1367.63 provides that insured health plan contracts entered into, amended, renewed or delivered in California after July 1,1999 must cover "reconstructive surgery." The law specifically does not... Read more »

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