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Hyperthyroidism And Hiv
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hyperthyroidism and PI's
Posted by lis
hey everyone, i've been pos since 86, started med in 2002, went through a couple different regiems, and now find myself on 2 PI's along with epivir and veread for the last year.my question .. has anyone else experianced hyperthyroid issues from... Read more » News 4 HIV'ers
Posted by AIDS2HIV, 3 Replies
Graves' disease may be a risk for patients starting ART with a low CD4 cell count who then have good immune restoratation printer friendly version send to friend glossary comment Michael Carter, Monday, March 20, 2006 Patients who start HIV... Read more » HIV1?HIV2?HIV-O?HIV-N?
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
We didn't even know about HIV until the 1980's. So, we invented a HIV1 test, only to find there is a HIV2. So, we invented a HIV2 only to find out there is a HIV-O. Why are we so ignorant to think there couldn't be another strain...for which we...
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HIV-1? HIV-2? HIV-O?
Posted by Anonymous, 6 Replies
We didn't even know about HIV until the 1980's. So, we invented a HIV1 test, only to find there is a HIV2. So, we invented a HIV2 only to find out there is a HIV-O. Why are we so ignorant to think there couldn't be another strain...for which we...
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2 QuestionsDoc, 1)Could hyperthyroidism be a sign of acute hiv infection. 2)Would this condition affect an elsia antibody test. Thanks so much. ...
Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.
Stanford University, School of Medicine
Unlikely and no. MH...
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tapazole causes resistance?Started Tapazole generic recently due to hyperthyroidism. I am very treatment experienced and my first working regimen fuzeon, norvir ,reyataz,invirase, viread, epivir has worked great -undetectable with some blips to 125 to 250 of and on. Tcells...
Response from Renslow Sherer, M.D.
University of Chicago Hospitals
I also can find no indication of an interaction reported between tapazole and any ART medications, including your regimen. The timing is compelling, but the association between your viral rebound and the tapazole also could be circumstantial....
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Are exophthalmos or Grave's disease HIV related?Dear Dr.,Do people with HIV develop exophthalmos or Grave's disease? What about other endocrine disorders? Thanks....
Response from Judith Feinberg, M.D.
University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine
The only endocrine problem that occurs fairly commonly in people with HIV is a shortage of appropriate sex hormones ("hypogonadism"). Graves disease is a thyroid problem and is unrelated to HIV....
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Would Grave's Disease give false posiive on HIV testWould testing positive for the antibodies (tsa's) for Grave's disease affect a home test for HIV?I have been having health problems as of late, and they think it is my thyroid, but I would like to HIV test as well, but am wondering the...
Response from Judith A. Aberg, M.D.
Washington University, St. Louis School of Medicine
Grave's disease rarely may cause a false positive ELISA or screening test but should not cause a false positive Western Blot. I would recommend that you have your doctor obtain the HIV test, therefore, if there was any question about a...
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