Loose Stool Could I Have AIDS

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Diarrhea and HIV/AIDS

Table of Contents Diarrhea and HIV How Does Diarrhea Affect the Body? Treating Your Diarrhea Taking Care of Yourself Diarrhea and HIV Diarrhea is one of the most common problems for people living with HIV(HIV+). It can affect as much as 80 percent of the HIV+ population. Whilediarrhea caused by advanced HIV disease has decreased, many HIV+ people havediarrhea caused by their HIV drugs. Diarrhea occurs when you have bowel...

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Not Diarrhea...loose stool??

I have had AIDS since 1995, positive since 1986. I took no drugs for HIV until 1995. After starting Crixivan in 1996 I first started to notice wasting and lipodystrophy, especially in the face. Im not on Crixivan now, but the lipo effects remain....

Response from Alvan Fisher, M.D.

Brown University School of Medicine

Sounds like your BM's are not normal...the problem could be due to HIV effect on your intestines, side effect from antiretrovirals other than crixivan, side effect from other medications. You could have a malabsorption workup to assess... Read more »

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 and/or loose stool alittle more than frequently, trouble sleeping at night, and now my doctor has noticed that my Liver is a bit enlarged. Also...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

A small percentage of patients taking Atripla will have persistence annoying sleep problems due to efavirenz and/or loose stools (often due to tenofovir). The skin problems you describe would generally not be due directly to the Atripla. Liver... Read more »

perhaps ShamanBotanicals.com has a solution to loose stool

So many of the people's concerns or problems have been regarding BMs. Perhaps shamanbotanicals.com has a solution to the loose stool problem. I'm also addressing the person with the question about SB Normal stool Formula. This website...

Response from Douglas T. Dieterich, M.D.

New York University, School of Medicine

Thanks for the information. Shaman is an interesting company that does have some biopharmaceuticals under development for HIV diarrhea. Douglas T. Dieterich, M.D.... 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 »

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 »

hiv and stool

Posted by theman22, 1 Reply

can hiv cause green stool? this morning is the first time i have gotten it in a long long time. im not on a diet or anything i didnt eat anything unordinary. the only thing i did last night was drink some beer and thats it. any help? Read more »

neverending loose feces

Posted by jackass, 2 Replies

I can't understand why I'm having loose feces for 3 weeks?

I just can't put it in a shape!..

my mom had the same problem and her problem started the same day with me.. but hers lasted 2.5 weeks and my problem haven't stopped yet..

this worries me..

it's... Read more »

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