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If Your Hair Is Falling Out Is This A Sign Of Hiv
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Advice re Patient with Falling CD4 but no sign of HIV InfectionDear Dr Holodniy, your response to a question regarding Idiopathic CD4 depletion syndrome has prompted me to ask for your opinion re a Patient under my careHe had a significant HIV risk exposure 15 months ago but is repeatedly negative on serology...
Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.
Stanford University, School of Medicine
The cases to date have not shown any HIV-1 infection. However, cases have demonstrated OIs, when CD4 counts are low. I would strongly suggest OI prophylaxis as one would do with AIDS or cancer associated leucopenia....
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hair falling outIs it true that HIV causes your hair to fall out. My hair has been coming out in clumps. Doctor... Read more »Help! Hair suddenly damaged and falling out.I'm 50 and vain, I'll admit, and have always had thick, healthy hair. Until about two... Read more »
Articles
Hair Samples Can Be Used to Measure Effectiveness of Antiretrovirals, Researchers SayHair strands might help determine the effectiveness of antiretroviral drugs for HIV-positive people, researchers from the University of California-San Francisco said recently, VOA News reports. Monica Gandhi of the university and colleagues have... Read more »
Damaries Cruz: Deciding to Start Treatment After Nearly 20 Years of Living With HIVDamaries Cruz When Damaries Cruz was first interviewed by TheBody.com, in the fall of 2008 , she'd just participated in a groundbreaking HIV awareness campaign for Spanish-language television. She was a well-known speaker and HIV educator with... Read more »
HIV/AIDS Prevention Funds Fall in Ghana"Funding for HIV and AIDS prevention intervention [in Ghana] has dwindled by 69 percent from 2005 to 2007, sending a negative signal of behavioural change and the aversion of new infections," according to a recent health survey, Public Agenda... Read more »
South African HIV Cases Fall Slightly to 5.4 Million, but New Infections Continue to Outpace Prevention Efforts"The number of people living with HIV in South Africa has dropped slightly to 5.38 million, and the number of AIDS deaths is finally starting to fall, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said Thursday ... in a written reply to a question from... Read more »
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hair loss
Posted by mistake1, 1 Reply
does anyone know if hair loss is an hiv symptom and itchy skin also?Read more » HIV- falling head over heals w/HIV+ & confused
Posted by Anonymous, 5 Replies
I'm HIV- and recently met and went on a few dates with an awesome guy who is HIV+. He told me he was HIV+ on our second date, after I told him I was a recovering alcoholic. The fact that he disclosed his HIV status so honestly to me is so...
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my HAIR
Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies
Hi I,m a 30 year old women HIV pos .I just found out sept 2002.Viral load over 500,000 T-Cell at 74. I,m losing my hair.It's not do to my med cause I just started them 2 weeks ago. why am I lossing my hair will it grow back?Read more » hair loss
Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies
can anyone tell me of any experience they have had with hair loss? i am a 50 year old woman, recently diagnosed with hiv, probably had 5 years. always had thin hair but this is ridiculous! mother died 3 months ago and during that really stressful... Read more »
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