Is Loose Stool A Symptom Of Ars

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Persistent loose stool for 2-3 weeks, ARS?

Posted by canadian1984, 1 Reply

I have to say, for the last month I have been stressing over this.

I would like to ask members who have seen seroconversion before; how common do you see someone experience loose stool for nearly a month? I thought it was these sugar alcohol cookies... Read more »

ARS symptoms

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

If I had a fever for one day and loose stool for a day 2 weeks after a possible exposure would this constitute ARS symptoms or would they be more severe?

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Does this sound like ARS to any of you?? HELP!

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I had possible exposure 3 weeks ago and these symptoms developed:

1. Loose stool for 2 weeks (every morning)
2. Diarhea for past week (usually every morning)
3. Some muscle aches (lasted for a couple of days last week)
4. Loss of apetite (about 1... Read more »

ARS Symptoms - So scared- Please help

Posted by Strid1, 2 Replies

I was really drunk and i performed oral sex on a female sex worker not knowing if she had her menstrual cycle or not and whats worst is that i have bleeding gums. Sadly to say exactly two weeks later i got this terrible headache which still persists... Read more »

loose stools and nodes?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

ok so here we go.......i have had loose stools now for about 2 weeks, they have not been completly runny, more like pieces (sorry i know thats alot maybe too much info) and i am on antibiotics for what my doctor thinks is a infection that is... Read more »

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UNDETECTABLE BUT LOOSE STOOLS AND ENLARGED LIVER

Ive been on atripla for about a year and a half, and now that i think of it i've had diarrea and/or loose stool alittle more than frequently, trouble sleeping at night, and now my doctor has noticed that my Liver is a bit enlarged. Also...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

A small percentage of patients taking Atripla will have persistence annoying sleep problems due to efavirenz and/or loose stools (often due to tenofovir). The skin problems you describe would generally not be due directly to the Atripla. Liver... Read more »

loose soft yellow stools nausea loss of appetite

hi . i am bi had anal unprotected with a man . i was bottom and he came inside me . after that i am having loose yellow greasy stool followed with nausea and loss of appetite . i am tested HIV- after 3 months and Hep A,b,c all negative . but these...

Response from Jacques Chambers, C.L.U.

HelpWithBenefits.com

I'm sorry. I handle benefits and work issues and am not qualified to answer medical questions.... Read more »

loose soft yellow stools nausea loss of appetite dark urine left side stomach swollen

Response from Lynn E. Taylor, M.D., F.A.C.P.

Brown University

I am sorry that you are feeling so ill. It sounds scary. Please go back and get re-tested, as it can take time for blood tests for these infections to become positive, depending on what particular tests you are getting.... Read more »

Loose stools, not on meds!

Dear Doctor Frascino,I was infected with HIV in December `08 and diagnosed in March `09. I currently have CD4 of 729, and a VL which has dropped form over 10,000 to 1,400. According to `resistance tests` , i have a virus which is resistant to most...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,That you have contracted a virus that is "resistant to most meds" should be a warning and wakeup call to everyone reading this forum. It is indeed possible to contract a strain of virus that is already resistant to one or even many HIV... Read more »

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