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low cd4 and high VL combined with epididymo-orchitis

Dear Dr Holodniy:My x-husband lives in a different state than I and has had aids for about 3-4 years (I think). I've spoken with him on the phone and he sounds very ill. His counts are cd4 is 35 and his VL is 150,000. He has been fighting an...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

This is a difficult question to answer. Many people can being doing fairly well in this kind of situation (given his numbers), if the ongoing infection is treatable. Without knowing the facts about HIV treatment, other ongoing medical problems, the... Read more »

Does antibiotic affect symptom and antibody test?

I was treated by antibiotics(3 weeks treatment) because of epididymo-orchitis one month after an... Read more »

Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W »

Wasting

Doctor,As a 41 y.o male usually around 85-87 kgs for a height of 1.83 metre. I had a loss of weight... Read more »

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Pain in the testies...(Anon One?)

Posted by WhatDoIDo

Is there any connection? I have a shooting pain in one testicle that comes and goes. I know one of the causes is: "Infection or inflammation of the epididymis (epididymitis) or testicle (orchitis)"

and was wondering the HIV could be that infection. Read more »

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