Issues Affecting Outcome Of HIV Treatment

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Does a patient's age affect outcome?

Hi,I am newly infected, and am 43. I read in one of your email answers that the age when infected affects mortality rates. If so, how?So, at what age would that ratio begin to tilt against me? thanks ...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Age has a general effect on decreasing the degree of CD4 recovery on antiretroviral therapy (there is a wide range of residual thymic tissue/function that generally decreases with age). The lower the CD4 count and the older the patient then the... Read more »

RE: does age affect outcome?

I'm 57, poz since 54. CD4 levels boucing around the 350 range around 30%. VL never above 6,000. Otherwise in excellent health. I'm trying to hold off taking meds as long as possible for the usual reasons. Resistance testing shows...

Response from Brian Conway, M.D.

University of British Columbia

You should consider treatment sooner rather than later. The prognosis of untreated HIV infection is poorer for you than for someone of a younger age, over and apart from the fact that, due to the resistance pattern you are describing and the... Read more »

Hepatitis affects the outcome of hiv test ?

Hi Doc,Recently my father is sick because of Dengue and went to the hospital, when his blood was tested it was positive that is was a dengue virus. The doctor also tested his blood using the ELISA test and it came out reactive, my question is, can...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

I am not aware of any data to suggest that dengue would change the outcome of an HIV test. However, I suspect there is little information about that. HIV ELISA are ALWAYS confirmed by a Western Blot.... Read more »

Can anxiety affect test outcome?

Doctor,I was diagnosed with herpes a few years back and was terrified to test for HIV. I suddenly lost about 10 pounds about a year later and was TOTALLY convinced I was HIV+. My question is: since the HIV test looks for antibodies, is it possible...

Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

There is no evidence that acute anxiety would result in an inaccurate HIV antibody test result. However, anxiety CAN lead you to doubt the accuracy of your antibody test. RMK... Read more »

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