Outcomes Of Drama Therapy For Those Who Are Hiv

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PEP outcome and other STDs

Dear Dr BobA follow up question from http://www.thebody.com/Forums/AIDS/SafeSex/Current/Q192153.html I am in my 22days of PEP and the 24th date after exposure. Tonight I did a quick HIV test and the result was encouraging. However, I really...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Are you being followed by an HIV specialist while on PEP? I strongly recommend everyone who has had an exposure significant enough to warrant a course of PEP be followed by an HIV specialist. The type of questions you raise could and should be... Read more »

Does a patient's age affect outcome?

Hi,I am newly infected, and am 43. I read in one of your email answers that the age when infected affects mortality rates. If so, how?So, at what age would that ratio begin to tilt against me? thanks ...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Age has a general effect on decreasing the degree of CD4 recovery on antiretroviral therapy (there is a wide range of residual thymic tissue/function that generally decreases with age). The lower the CD4 count and the older the patient then the... Read more »

Best Predictor of Health Outcomes

In 2002 it was found that the loss of lean body mass is still the best predictor of death for people with AIDS. Over the five years of the study, 40 people died from HIV-related conditions. Investigators found that even when HAART usage was taken...

Response from Nelson Vergel, B.S.Ch.E., M.B.A.

Program for Wellness Restoration

People who have good HIV viral control by attaining undetectable viral load do not experience wasting syndrome as much. But unintentional weight loss can still be an issue in some patients with undetectable viral load. And the loss of lean body... Read more »

Hepatitis affects the outcome of hiv test ?

Hi Doc,Recently my father is sick because of Dengue and went to the hospital, when his blood was tested it was positive that is was a dengue virus. The doctor also tested his blood using the ELISA test and it came out reactive, my question is, can...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

I am not aware of any data to suggest that dengue would change the outcome of an HIV test. However, I suspect there is little information about that. HIV ELISA are ALWAYS confirmed by a Western Blot.... Read more »

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