Is Joint Inflammation A Symptom Of Hiv

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IRIS: A Concern for People Starting HIV Therapy

Introduction What Is Inflammation? What Is IRIS? How Is It Diagnosed? Who Is at Risk? What Are the Symptoms? How Do You Treat IRIS? What Can Help to Ask My Doctor? Special Concerns for People Living With HIV Special Concerns for Women, Children and People Over 50 What Does the Research Show? Commentary Introduction It's a mouthful of a phrase, but immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) is a serious...

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multiple body inflammations after starting hiv and tb treatment

Hi,I just restared therapy after 5 years from meds break, its been thirty days now since I restarted, and I am having some severe side effects, that have landed me in an emergenency room once for shingles, and now if my chest pains gets any worse...

Response from Joseph McGowan, M.D., F.A.C.P.

North Shore University Hospital

I am sorry to hear about all your symptoms. I think what you are experiencing in your left arm is post shingles neuralgia (also known as post herpetic neuralgia). Unfortunately there are very few effective treatments for this condition. The... Read more »

are the following symptoms: muscle pain, joint pain, throat pain, night sweats, lymph gland pain all together only connect to hiv?

are the following symptoms: muscle pain, joint pain, sore throat, night sweats, lymph gland pain, oral thrush all together only connect to hiv? There are no other diseases it could realte to really, right?...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

Those symptoms are all related to HIV, and many other viruses including flu, mono and others.MH... Read more »

Arthritis like symptoms in joints -- HIV related?

My 62 year old mother discovered that she had the HIV virus in 1989, when my father died due to the disease. She has been taking medications/cocktail for 10+ years and has now started to have severe pain in her hips. She can not walk 50 feet...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

It's hard to determine from what you describe, just exactly what is going on. I suggest she been seen by her doctor for an evalation. HIV meds or the virus are unlikely to be causing these symptoms. There are lots of other "nonHIV"... Read more »

Exercise/Joint Pain & HIV meds

I'm on Viracept, Zerit, Epivir. Viral load undetectable. CD4 count in 900s. No HIV related infections. I experienced lipodystrophy (sp?) from medications and had good results from exercise program of regular swimming. I lost my paunch, although...

Response from Alvan Fisher, M.D.

Brown University School of Medicine

Yes it certainly could be arthritis in the joint. These symptoms do not sound like they are either HIV ar medication related. But I can't be completely certain. Muscle inflammation from lipitor can occur...the blood test CPK should detect... Read more »

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Joint Pain? AnonOne? Aids2HIV?

Posted by WhatDoIDo, 1 Reply

Hi all. I had a few questions. When someone experiences early symptoms of HIV, do they all come at once? Or can they come seperately. I have had diarrhea for more than a month now, then I started having testicular pain, my neck hurts when I move it... Read more »

Can Joint Pain be the only symptom?

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

All, I was definaitly exposed via sex to someone of HIV+ status. Can Joint Pain be the only symptom someone experiences when affected for those of that do show symptoms or is there usually more than 1 symptom involved? Read more »

Joint Pain caused by liver, HIV, meds, arthritis?

Posted by ScotCharles, 3 Replies

Has anyone experienced joint pain that was diagnosed as relating to either HIV or the meds? Don't laugh now, but my elbows are warm to the touch, and I have a burning pain in them. I have liver problems which cause my right shoulder and the right... Read more »

HIV Symptoms

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Fever 95%
adenopathy 74%
pharyngitis 70%
rash 70%
myalgias 54%
Diarrhea 32%
Nausea 21%
hepatosplenomegaly 14%
weight loss 13%
Thrush 12%

50-90% of people who are infected have these ARS symptoms.

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