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Medicines That Cause Male Hypogonadism
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Hypogonadism from protease inhibitorsI am a 33-yr-old male who was diagnosed two years ago during my seroconversion illness, and immediately began triple cocktail therapy with Crix/AZT/3TC, and have remained undetectable since that first diagnostic viral load test. After 13 months of...
Response from J. B. Molaghan, N.P., A.C.R.N.
San Francisco General Hospital
HelloThanks for such a nicely detailed clinical summary. Although we assume that hypogonadism is only associated with HIV disease progression, we don't really know if it occurred in early HIV disease, because we never looked for it. In fact,...
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Do I have hypogonadism?I am a 26 year old male. I have ha few or no erections my entire life I have a history of anorexia,... Read more »Follow up to Hypogonadism question...Hello Vergel I understand that having Hypogonadism does not mean you have HIV. But, does having... Read more »
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Treatment of Hypogonadism in Men with HIV InfectionIntroduction: A number of endocrine abnormalities have been reported in people infected with HIV. Among these, hypogonadism is well described, particularly as men progress to AIDS and in those who are wasting. Testosterone has both anabolic and... Read more »
Study Finds Decreased HIV in Circumcised Males Not Caused By Reduction of STI SoresThe decreased incidence of HIV infections in males who were circumcised is not primarily due to a reduction in sores from conditions such as herpes, according to a PLoS Medicine study that analyzed "data from 2 clinical trials including more than... Read more »
Endocrine Society Calls for Medicare Coverage of DXA Bone Density Testing to Be Extended to Men With Testosterone DeficiencyChevy Chase, Md. -- Hypogonadism, also known as testosterone deficiency, affects 4-5 million men in the United States placing them at risk for developing osteoporosis. Despite the clear association of testosterone deficiency with low bone density... Read more »
PLoS Medicine Publishes Opinion Pieces About Male Circumcision, HIV PreventionPLoS Medicine in its March issue includes two opinion pieces written in response to a study about the cost effectiveness of male circumcision as an HIV prevention method. James Kahn of the Institute for Health Policy Studies at the University of... Read more »
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Male Circumcision Lowers Risk For HIV
Posted by spiderman
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/article1217831.eceMale circumcision 'lowers risk of HIV infection by 60%' By Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor Published: 09 August 2006 It used to be called the unkindest cut. But now the head of the one of... Read more » Female to male 1x exposure
Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies
Does anyone know the correct percentage for a female to infect a male on a 1 time non-protected vaginal exposure. I've seen 1/500, 1/9000 and I know Dr. bob uses 0.1%-0.2% (1-2/1000) chance, but he does not specify what it is for female to male. It...
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Somebody Asked About The Risk for Male in Vaginal
Posted by Anonymous
"Insertive vaginal sex (male risk in heterosexual coitus) is estimated to cause HIV infection 0.03% to 0.09% of the time."This is according to Dr. Frascino who leads the Forum on Fatigue and Anemia. (He is HIV+ for many years and during these years... Read more » hetero male living LOs angeles. Looking for Email pal, or text friend
Posted by AaronK, 3 Replies
I'm 29 hetero male been infected since birth. i'm open for all friends of any type cause we all people and needs friends..would love to have friends where we can just be our self in our conversations. here's my burner email aakim2012@yahoo.com hit...
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