If People Suspect That They Have Been Infected With Hiv, They Should

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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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suspect infection

i was tested for HIV 5 months and two weeks after a possible exposure which came back negative, but suspect i may have been infected by genital warts. I have some painless white spots at the side of my pennis. There are only 2 spots. I intend to...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Hi. Thank you for your question.I do not know of a website that has pictures of genital warts. However, it'scritically important that you don't diagnose yourself based on pictures. Genital warts can appear differently in different... Read more »

HIV+ and suspected HCV infection

I'm HIV+ and have been pulled off all meds because a routine LFT came back abnormal. I've had twice weekly LFT's since. These are the results since stopping my HIV meds:ALT 540, 394, 445, 422, 419 ALP 197, 157, 156, 154, 164.I'm...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

Yes I am quite concerned that you could have a viral hepatitis. Sexual transmission of Hepatitis B or C is possible. If you are vaccinated against hepatitis B, hopefully your surface antibodies are still protective. As you know there is no vaccine... Read more »

Suspected Hiv infection

In April 9th I was hit by stanger with needle cause long scratch mark on my left arm after 10 days later I feel my hand and feet cool feelingsometimes felt hot last around 1month then I start having dry mouth and mucous in my throat all the time...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

I am not sure why you may have your symptoms of dry mouth and a few red spots around your hand. If you are sending your question to this forum because of concerns that these symptoms could be related to hepatitis, I would say that this would be very... Read more »

Suspect that condoms were tampered with

Recently i bought a 12 pack of Durex condoms from wal-mart. I used one the night i bought them, and when i got home i noticed the box had a slash on it. It was like a scratch all the way down the box. Most of the scratch did not penetrated...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,You are actually worried someone at your local Piggly Wiggly pharmacy deliberately cut the box of condoms you bought and injected an STD into the condoms???? Whoa dude! Just how much crazy powder did you put in your protein shake today? Did... Read more »

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Suspected hiv notice coming.

Posted by diego47, 2 Replies

I made a very stuip mistake and had, unprotected receiving, anal sex in early Steptember 2010. A few weeks later my body started going crazy. I kept getting diarrhea or having loose stool. I went to pcp and tested for everything (STD) and was... Read more »

Mailing list for HIV(-) people who are infected

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Does anyone know the URL for the mailing list/message board for people who have been infected wih HIV for more than 1 year, yet still test negative via ELISA. For those of us who still have residual symptoms, we know how bogus these HIV/ AIDS tests... Read more »

I Suspect My Sister Has AIDS

Posted by kid_brother, 2 Replies

I believe my sister has AIDS and she has not been forthcoming about it. I don't know how to approach her about it or if I should. She has had a promiscuous past as a bi-sexual, has had several friends die of AIDS in the past, has had past sexual... Read more »

KS suspect

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I have reason to believe I may have come into contact with KS, I understand these lesions can show up briefly and dissapear just as quickly. I`m really worried. It looks nothing like typical herpes rashes or syhpillis. In fact it looks more like... Read more »

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