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Large swollen gland that won't go away

Hi, I tested HIV negative last September - but for the last few months I've had a large lump on the right side of my neck. I try to feel for the 'pea sized' node and all I can feel is the muscle??? But it's noticably larger...

Response from Bruce Dezube, M.D.

Harvard Medical School

Lymph nodes can swell as you body fights off infections. It's very common to have lymph nodes pop up from time to time. Lymph nodes are very common in HIVers as they try to fight off the HIV. In patients, such as you, who are HIV negative,... Read more »

PEP treatment with Atripla, hives won't go away

Hello and thank you for your help in advance. A little over a month ago I was exposed to HIV and... Read more »

Response from Keith Henry, M.D. »

Running away won't spare your loved ones

My partner and I had been together a couple of years when he was asked by his GP to take a test for... Read more »

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Florida: AIDS Drug Program Won't Turn People Away -- for Now

On Friday, the Palm Beach County health planning council came up with a plan to provide $150,000 in stop-gap funding to treat some residents with HIV/AIDS in the short term. On June 1 for the first time in 13 years, Florida capped the enrollment... Read more »

Charles King Op-Ed: Shock Tactics Won't Stop HIV

Housing Works President and CEO Charles King on why a controversial anti-HIV video featuring rotting brains and decaying bones is bad policy -- and doomed to fail. Earlier this month, the New York City Department of Health unveiled a short... Read more »

If We Can't Overcome HIV Stigma and Discrimination, Access to Care Won't Improve in Africa, Advocate Says

In this IAS 2009 press conference, Paula Akugizibwe, Treatment Literacy and Advocacy Coordinator for the AIDS and Rights Alliance of Southern Africa, summarizes her talk "Legal Challenges and Successes in Overcoming HIV Stigma and Discrimination to... Read more »

Clinton Foundation Negotiates $140/Year HIV Treatment, But U.S. Won't Buy

On April 6 the Clinton Foundation, along with the World Bank, UNICEF, and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria announced that it could negotiate prices as low as $140 per year for triple-combination treatment -- part of an effort... Read more »

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A little scared - fever won't go away

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Hello all, I have an id doc and are being monitored every 3 months. I have had hiv for almost two years but seem to be a fast progressor, I have gone from 565 cd4 down to 300 cd4 in the last two years. My viral load has gone from 1500 to now last... Read more »

tested neg but symptoms won't go away, why?

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Hello everyone,

I tested for HIV two years after my exposure and it came back negative. I tried to put it behind me but I continue to present with symptoms such as thrush (from my understanding this is pretty much HIV specific), numbness in my... Read more »

The Cough That Won't Go Away

Posted by ILoveMyBody, 3 Replies

Hello Everyone,

I have a serious question. I moved to CA in July of last year and by September I started coughing and have not stopped. I've been poz for almost 4 years now. I'm not on any meds my CD4 count is in the 400's. I took some x-rays and... Read more »

Feel like running away!!

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Please give me some advice. I and older married guy in my 50's. I have two teenage children. All of my family are strong Christians and I believe too, yet had an affair about 3 months ago. I've been so sick, fever, night sweets, fatique. I got... Read more »

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