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Is Brain Lesion Connected With Hiv
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blindness and brain lesionsMy relative has gone blind.He is HIV positive. We lost five months checking his eyes which are perfectly ok as checked by the top Opthalmologist. He has lost a lot of weight in the last year and is now about 125 pounds. On 23.March.2001 they checked...
Response from Judith Feinberg, M.D.
University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine
The very first thing you need to do is to find an HIV specialist. Your relative has advanced HIV disease (AIDS) and needs teatment ASAP. Combination (3 or more drugs) therapy for HIV may well slow down or even halt the brain process (more below),...
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Brain LesionsTwo years ago I was diagnosed with HIV and brain lesions. Eventually the brain lesion cause my... Read more »White matter brain lesionsAre white matter brain lesions associated with HIV or are they the end stage of the AIDS disease?... Read more »
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The Immune System, HIV and Shrinking BrainsIn the previous report , researchers in London, UK, found very little changes in the brains of medically stable HIV-positive men compared with those of HIV-negative men of similar age and educational background. However, the London team used a... Read more »
HIV Wellness Series: HIV, Your HAART and YouTable of Contents CVD and HIV CVD and HAART CVD Screening Recommendations and Risk Prevention Models HIV, CVD, Prevention Strategies and You References From 1987 until 1995, the "dark ages" of HIV treatment, only five antiretroviral... Read more »
The HIV-STD ConnectionYears ago, many people considered HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) as totally separate issues (some people still think so today). As youwill see, these issues really are interrelated with one another, andcan no longer be looked at... Read more »
Complications and Emerging ConnectionsComplications in HIV used to mean opportunistic infections (OIs) as a result of AIDS. Today, with HIV drugs protecting against OIs, attention turns to other threats: drug complications (see page 29) dangerous... Read more »
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brain lesion
Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies
in 96 i was diagnosed with pml because of ct scan and mir i lost ability of speech, walking, writing and bacically have blurred vision in 98 i had a spinal tap which was negative for jc virus i then had a brain biopsy whitch was neg so i dont have...
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connection onset ARS-symptoms and HIV-antibodies
Posted by Dutchman, 2 Replies
Hello all,I would be very gratefull if someone (who's skilled) can tell if there is indeed a connection between the moment of onset of ARS-symptoms and the moment that HIV antibodies can be detected by a rapid HIV antigen test (Abbott Determine... Read more » HIV and the brain - update
Posted by ScotCharles, 6 Replies
My neurologist at UCLA, Dr. Elyse Singer, has been warning since the mid 1990's that HIV's effect on the brain and nervous systems was a ticking timebomb. The meds never completely eradicate the virus from the body and never effectively cross the...
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connecting with hiv females
Posted by Anonymous, 7 Replies
would like to connect with women who are hetersexual and hiv pos i am in the tampa bay fl area i am pos and i would like to build a friendship being hiv is very isolating and i can not find any hetersexual groups in my area i am a male 48 years old...
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