Jock Itch Could I Have AIDS

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jock itch?

I have been living with hiv for over four years and have been on medication for the last two. Subsequently, my viral load is undetectable and my CD4 count is 825. A few weeks ago, I noticed a pinkish rash that became somewhat itchy on my left groin...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Seems unlikely to be due to your HIV regimen (this forum focuses on side effects of HIV treatment). Local fungal infection, chemical or sweat/friction irritation, folliculitis, and other conditions could be involved and often tough to determine (I... Read more »

PLEASE, Please Help!! Jock Itch/HIV/repeat exposures related questions

Dear Dr. Frascino,Thank you for offer us this great forum to resolve our confusions and assure our... Read more »

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D. »

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shane and Jock and company

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Isnt it nice around here when these peeps are not around ?
plus the people who always stick up for them and pick fights with everyone ? Shane/Jocko need to feel some kinda importance here well we see they were not important and I hope they don't... Read more »

ICQ? hiv+85/aids91

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

ICQ? hiv+85/aids91: want contact w/PWAs w/neurological probs more
than OIs (Opportunistic Infections).

I was infected w/hiv in 6/85 by a man who had forged hospital
records to show he was hiv-, when he... Read more »

Diagnosed with HIV and AIDS at the same time!!!!

Posted by icantbelieve, 9 Replies

Last April, viral load over 500.000 and cd4 count 191. Overwhelming. I've been sad, lonely, on meds, always tired, lost weight, appetite, no one knows, live away from my family, no partner, with an infection on my skin since April that impairs my... Read more »

Question about symptoms and about aids charities

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I had what some would say is a low-risk exposure a couple months ago. I performed oral-sex on a gay man of unknown hiv status. i was sick at the time with a bad throat infection and bronchitis. but, still, i have been told that the chances are very... Read more »

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