How To Treat Anemia When You Have HIV

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Women, Anemia and HIV/AIDS

Table of Contents What Is Anemia? What Causes Anemia? Anemia and HIV Women and Anemia Diagnosis and Treatment Taking Care of Yourself What Is Anemia? Anemia is a medical condition that occurs when youhave a lower than normal amount of red blood cells (RBCs) in your body. It canalso happen if your hemoglobin (HGB) level is below normal. HGB is a proteinthat uses iron to carry oxygen. It is found in RBCs and gives blood its...

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Do i have anemia and why am I not treated?

I'm HIV positive and under medication for 9 years.I do my regularly blood tests every 6 months, my CD4 are always around 500 or a little bit more and my viral load undetectable for a few years now.Besides what i mentioned above i also have low...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello.The changes in your red blood cell count and red cell parameters are consistent with AZT use. AZT is one of the components of Combivir (AZT + 3TC). You are not significantly anemic and treatment is not necessary for the laboratory... Read more »

When to treat anemia

At what level should anemia be treated? I'm a little tired but not too bad. Should I still ask for treatment?...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

There is no magic number at which treatment should start. There is no magic number at which treatment should start. The best thing to do is check your hemoglobin. If it's below the normal range you should attempt to find out why. If it's... Read more »

At what point should mild anemia be treated

I know you have answered a lot of questions about mild anemia, but I am still having a little difficulty with 1. my doctors even discussing anemia, and 2. consistency in advise from various sources (NIH, NHHS, AMA, and Johns Hopkins as well as other...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello Michael,Let me try to address your major concerns:1. In HIVers, anemia is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. In addition, it dramatically influences quality of life, particularly because of its contribution to fatigue.... Read more »

When do you treat Anemia?

I have been on Combivir and Sustiva for one year, since I found out that I was positive. Since then my viral load has gone from 216,000 to undetectable and my CD4 level from 304 to 440. My primary care Dr. is concerned about Anemia because of...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,First, the good news: Your current anti-HIV regimen seems to be working well to control your virus (viral load 216,000 down to undetectable) and allowing your immune system to recover (CD4 304 up to 440). The problem is now you are experiencing... Read more »

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anemia and hiv

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

i read on an anemia website that people with hiv/aids tend to get anemia easily.
is it possible to get anemia from hiv 5 months after exposure/contracting hiv ?
or is this something that only develops in later stages of aids ? Read more »

anemia

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

can some1 recently infected devlope anemia? does 1 get this early during hiv or is it later in the disease?

Basically, is it possible to devlope anemia less then a year after infection? Read more »

Anemia?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Does anyone know what is the typical symptoms for anemia? I recently experienced bruises easily which had never happened to me before. I was a very healthy person and bruise or cuts on me got healed very quickly. People told me that low red blood... Read more »

ANEMIA.........OR IS IT

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

over the last year i had some unsafe sexual acts,my question is ive had this tongue problem for a while and was wondering ive heard b12 deficiency is a sign of hiv infection, is this true?ive had a cbc test done and all was in normal range, just... Read more »

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