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Kaposi's Sarcoma Aids
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Ask the Experts
If you have Kaposi's sarcoma, do you have AIDS?if you have Kaposi's sarcoma do yo have HIV or AIDS and can you tell me how wold you know if you have KS...
Response from Bruce Dezube, M.D.
Harvard Medical School
Kaposi's sarcoma is an AIDS-defining illness. So by definition, if a person is HIV positive and has KS, then that person has full-blown AIDS, no matter what the person's CD4 count is. It turns out that folks who get diagnosed with AIDS...
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Kaposi's Sarcoma = AIDS?I was wondering if the appearance of Kaposi's Sarcoma is an indicator of AIDS or can one get... Read more »kaposi sarcomaI am aware that persons with AIDS usually die of pneumonia or Kaposi's sarcoma but I do not... Read more »
Articles
Anti-Cancer Agents: A. Kaposi's Sarcoma -- Past and FutureOne of the hallmarks of AIDS, particularly in the early years of the pandemic, was the appearance of skin tumours called Kaposi's sarcoma (KS). During the 1980s, KS was very common in people with AIDS. Indeed, in those years, sometimes the only... Read more »
Physicians in San Francisco Identify Kaposi's Sarcoma Cluster Among HIV-Positive MSMPhysicians from San Francisco General Hospital last month in a letter published in the New England Journal of Medicine said they had identified between November 2004 and January 2006 a cluster of nine cases of Kaposi's sarcoma among HIV-positive... Read more »
Kaposi's Sarcoma (KS)What Is KS? How Is KS Treated? Can KS Be Prevented? What Else Is Being Studied for KS? The Bottom Line What Is KS? Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is a cancer-like disease. It originally was known as a disease affecting elderly men of Eastern... Read more »
The GHESKIO Field Hospital and Clinics After the Earthquake in Haiti -- Dispatch 3 From Port-au-PrinceAfter Haiti's Jan. 12 earthquake, the Haitian Group for the Study of Kaposi's Sarcoma and Opportunistic Infections (GHESKIO) in Port-au-Prince became a refugee camp and an emergency field hospital, in addition to remaining a clinic for AIDS and TB... Read more »
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Kaposi's Sarcoma in aids
Posted by Anonymous
I posted something yesterday and i have seen many people look at it however no responses could someone please respond!!!Also i will reword it...My brother inlaw has aids and these leasions are present when does this usually happen?Early or late...
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kaposi's sarcoma
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
If a Kaposi's sarcoma is diagnosed, is it an important thing to treat? I guess the question is, will other things kill a person first?....Is this a sign that the end is in sight? What relevence is a Kaposi's... Read more » Kaposi's Sarcoma Question
Posted by dallas73guy, 3 Replies
Just found out I am infected -- waiting to see my doctor, need to get labs done and the rest -- the longest I could have been infected is two years, tested neg 07/03 -- have noticed a spot on my right bicep that fits what Kaposi's sarcoma could be...
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Kaposi Sarcoma
Posted by Anonymous
I have KS and was diagnosed in August 2001, and shortly thereafter was tested for HIV and was positive. My t-cells are in the 600s and I have been undetectable since Sept. 2001. My KS are on my right ankle. About every 9 months I get a new, but...
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