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Is Hiv An Autoimmune Disease
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HIV and autoimmune diseasesHi Dr. Young-I am an AP Biology teacher and HIV+ and I also struggle with psoriasis, an autoimmune disease. So I was very intrigued when a question came up on an AP Biology teacher listserv that another teacher asked I'm not an expert in...
Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.
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Hello and thanks for posting.You have a very astute student. It is indeed very logical that autoimmune disease severity should wane as immune function declines with HIV-associated illness. This makes intuitive sense, but assumes that immune...
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autoimmune disease and HIVI have been tested for autoimmune problems due to extremely high GGT and AST and ALT results. I am... Read more »autoimmune disease and HIV testDr Conway: I have Uveitis and use Prednisolone eye drops for last 5 years on and off. I have done 7... Read more »
Articles
FDA-Led Research Team Discovers an Autoimmune Mechanism for Serious Drug-Induced Adverse ReactionsA team of researchers led by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has discovered a new mechanism for identifying and understanding drug-related autoimmune reactions. In an article available online today in the journal AIDS , the team found that... Read more »
Global Coalition on Women and AIDS Tours United States to Raise Awareness of DiseaseThe Global Coalition on Women and AIDS is touring five U.S. cities -- New York City, Nashville, Chicago, Miami and Washington, D.C. -- to promote education and awareness about the "rapid" spread of HIV among women, the Miami Herald reports... Read more »
HIV JournalViewTable of Contents Acute HIV Infection and the Sexual Transmission of HIV Prevention as Part of Clinical Care Negative Results From a Quality-Improvement Study Directly Observed Therapy in the United States? Histoplasmosis Maintenance Therapy... Read more »
HIV Testing Among Populations at Risk for HIV Infection -- Nine States, November 1995 - December 1996Extending acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) case surveillance systems to include confidential (name-based) reporting of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections provides data representing recent HIV transmission patterns (1 ) . These... Read more »
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Autoimmune disease
Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies
Is an overgrowth of yeast considered an autoimmune disease which could delay a positive hiv result?Read more » H1N1 vaccine, autoimmune diseases and other illnes
Posted by snake
Can H1N1 vaccine just recently administered, an autoimmune disease or other illness in your body delay seroconversion to HIV?
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Allergies autoimmune disease?
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
Are allergies considered autoimmune diseases and therefore push back the window period? I seem to have allergies right now (dust bothering me BIG TIME never before) and tested negative @ 205 days. Should I be worried? I also read in the forum that...
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autoimmune diseases
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
i got my 13 week neg. back yesterday. my exposure was condom came off inside the female. so i was exposed for about 5 mins. or so. i'm hearing that their are some autoimmune problems that could delay the findings of antibodies. what are some of the...
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