Is Low Temperature A Sign Of Hiv

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Low body temperature can be HIV infect ?

Could you explain me? low body temperature can be HIV infect progress?Thanks for response...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

I don't believe that a low body temperature would increase HIV disease progression.... Read more »

Low body temperature

I am 47 year old male first dx with AIDS in 6/98 (cryptococcal meningitis), CD4s 49 (now 161), VL... Read more »

Response from Keith Henry, M.D. »

thyroid/low basal temperature

Which in usually more prevelent in hiv positive people hyper or hypo thyroid? I know fevers are... Read more »

Response from Keith Henry, M.D. »

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lower body temperature

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Does anyone with chronic infection notice that their body temperature tends to run lower all the time than what is considered normal?I wonder if this is related to the virus trying to keep the immune system from fighting back>

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sign of hiv? very scared

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

I have been with my bf for a little over two years and we have had unprotected sex. I now have a swollen throat and swollen lymph nodes in the neck that have lasted about nine months. I have also been having other problems such as frequent urination... Read more »

My doctor is refusing to treat my HIV until I sign

Posted by Garth, 2 Replies

Hello world,
As a newly diagnosed HIV gay man, living in Edmonton Alberta, ( diagnosed 1 year now) I am facing what I beleive to be discrimination and bullying by my doctor. My counts when first diagnosed were CD4 500 and viral load 16,000. Over... Read more »

Unusual case. Ongoing Low CD4 - HIV possible?

Posted by Tryin2BRational, 4 Replies

I wrote awhile back outlining a one-time risky exposure in March 2006(unprotected vaginal sex) with a female of unknown status. I contacted her and she told me she did not have HIV, but I doubted her veracity (I had two consectutive rounds of... Read more »

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