Hypertension And Hiv

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Hypertension with HIV

Hi Bob , hope you can shed some light on this. Does Hypertension (High Blood Pressure) causes false negative results on the Antibody tests. Does it have any effect on testing ? Is having high blood pressure any sign or indication in newly infected...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Sure I'll be happy to help! Those are easy questions. The answers are nope, nope, and nope.Dr. Bob... Read more »

P.A.H. (Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension) and HIV

Why is no one addressing P.A.H. and its connection to HIV/AIDS infection. I was dignosed with... Read more »

Response from Keith Henry, M.D. »

Hypertension and HIV

Infected in 1987 and diagnosed in 1992. Began therapy in 1996 and have been doing great ever since.... Read more »

Response from Keith Henry, M.D. »

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Ask the Doctor: HIV and HIV Risk After Age 50

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Race Troubles: Why Do African-Americans With HIV Fare Worse?

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HIV and Pulmonary Hypertension

Posted by Anonymous

Is there anyone that has Pulmonary Hpertension,and is being treated for it, and also HIV? I am just curious to see if I am alone or does this afflict anyone else!

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My HIV MD pisses me off!

Posted by jmiami, 7 Replies

Sorry everyone but this is a rant!
I am in the process of seeking another HIV MD specialist. I swear some MD's have ZERO human interaction skills. I recently saw my current HIV MD for my follow up and he was training a nurse practitioner and two... Read more »

So You Got HIV !

Posted by Allan, 4 Replies

You take meds you live perhaps longer ( mrds cause a bunch od crap we dont knoe ( remember Tobbacco how they forgot the early research?)) or you take no meds change your habbits if yoy drink and drug to much. get a good line of suppliments and for... Read more »

Should You Get HIV Care Only If You "Deserve" It?

Posted by TheBody, 12 Replies

We're reposting this recent exchange between an anonymous person and Dr. Bob Frascino, one of the doctors at The Body's "Ask the Experts" Forums. It raises some interesting -- and disturbing -- questions about the persistence of HIV and stigma in... Read more »

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