Meningitis And Aids

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AIDS AND MENINGITIS - JB

I AM AN AIDS PATIENT OF ABOUT 10 YEARS WITH TREATMENT ON AND OFF MOSTLY OFF. I AM TRYING TO FIND MORE INFORMATION ON AIDS RELATED MENINGITIS. I SUFFER FROM THIS DISEASE AND I AM IN A GREAT DEAL OF PAIN WHICH IS MONITERED BY MY DOCTOR CLOSELY....

Response from John A. Bartlett, M.D.

Duke University Medical Center

Chuck, meningitis in a person living with AIDS can be due to different causes; sometimes it is related to HIV itself and sometimes it is due to a complication of AIDS. Do you know which kind you have? The kind of meningitis determines treatment.... Read more »

AIDS and Cryptococcal Meningitis (CM)

Hello Doctor, Thank you for replying me earlier. My fiance was diagnosed with AIDS and CM 1.5... Read more »

Response from Joseph McGowan, M.D., F.A.C.P. »

Pls help: What to do now? 23 year old w AIDS/schizophrenia/parkinsons and now with meningitis and Alzheimer

Hello Dr. Herny,Its Evan and Magda again. We wrote to you about our nephew a few days ago. Thank... Read more »

Response from Keith Henry, M.D. »

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Articles

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Canada: Doctor Who Lost Child in Africa Asking Canadians to Give a Day's Pay for AIDS

Dr. Jane Philpott, whose daughter died from meningitis in West Africa, has challenged Canadians to give up a day's pay to help fight Africa's AIDS pandemic. Founder of the Give A Day to World AIDS Campaign, Philpott said her daughter's death gave... Read more »

Cryptococcal Meningitis

Introduction How Can I Tell if I Have Cryptococcal Meningitis? How to Treat It? Mild Cryptococcal Meningitis Moderate to Severe Cryptococcal Meningitis Other Treatments Other Complications Stopping Maintenance Therapy Do the Drugs Cause... Read more »

District of Columbia Health Clinic Now Recommending Meningitis Vaccination for Some Gay and Bi Men

Whitman-Walker Health (WWH), a Washington, D.C. nonprofit community health center specializing in HIV/AIDS and LGBT care, advises vaccinations against bacterial meningitis for gay and bisexual men and other men who have sex with men who have had... Read more »

U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

HIV Treatment Study in Patients With Cryptococcal Meningitis Ends Enrollment Early

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, is ending enrollment in its "Cryptococcal Optimal ART Timing" (COAT) study because of higher mortality rates among participants in one of... Read more »

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My stepdad w/ meningitis

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I'm really in a sad mood now. About 7 months ago my stepdad was diagnosed with cryptoccocal meningitis. Someone who has always been free-spirited, outgoing and energetic..he's now just in and out of the hospital on so much medication it keeps him... Read more »

aseptic meningitis

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Hello I had sex with a female sex worker 2 weeks ago, it was protected sex but when i pulled out I didn't hold on to the base of the condom and it stayed up in side of her.

I have had bad headaches the last 5 days or so and I am really stressed. ... Read more »

Meningitis ARS Related?

Posted by lp77, 2 Replies

I'm SO scared. Okay here's my story I caught meningitis but Im worried it could be ARS. I recevied oral from a girl. We went to the movies and she gave me oral and I fingered her. I'm not clear if I fingered her then pull my penis out but im sure if... Read more »

aseptic meningitis

Posted by uhohblita, 1 Reply

my psyciatrist said that aseptic meningitis gives you a neck so stiff that you cant move. so stiff that the person could lay on one chair and put their head on another separate chair and their body would remain stiffed and propped up on the chairs.... Read more »

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