Is Loose Stool An Acute Symptom Of HIV

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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 »

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... Read more »

Response from Keith Henry, M.D. »

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hi . i am bi had anal unprotected with a man . i was bottom and he came inside me . after that i am... Read more »

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loose stools

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

can hiv cause loose stools im very nervous about it , the only unprotected sex i had was oral performed on me . i had unprotected sex for vaginal like two years ago Read more »

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 »

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 »

Blood in stool????

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Is blood in a stool a symptom? I read yesterday that green stool is not a symptom but what about little blood particles on toilet paper after defecating? (Sorry for the visual) Read more »

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