Physical Barriers In Hiv Care

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Disability and HIV: Eliminating Barriers to Sexual Health Care and Education

Table of Contents Introduction Stigma and Misconceptions Physical Disabilities Sensory Impairment Intellectual Disabilities Serious Mental Illness Strategies for Addressing Barriers References Introduction On June 18, 2011, The... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Barriers Associated With Intentional Versus Unintentional ARV Non-Adherence Behavior Among HIV-Positive Patients in Clinical Care

Thanks to antiretroviral (ARV) therapy, "HIV has become better characterized as a chronic disease rather than a terminal illness, depending in part on one's ability to maintain relatively high levels of adherence," the authors wrote. Research has... Read more »

Barriers to HIV Care in the U.S.

Shefali S. Kulkarni writes about a new report that identifies barriers to HIV care : "On Thursday, the IOM released their recommendations in a 259-page report highlighting barriers to HIV care such as delayed diagnosis, sporadic use of... Read more »

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Safe Barrier??

I am a married bi bottom male, Poz since June 07. I converted voluntarily, & test regularily, but allowing the virus to run it's course. My wife misses bareback sex, & has responded by N.S.A. sex with 4-5 males a week. She believes...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,There are just so many things so terribly wrong about your brief post one hardly knows where to begin. Congratulations. I think you may have just won this week's most dysfunctional post award!You are a married-bi-bottom-poz who converted... Read more »

Language Barrier in trying to understand my lab results

Hi,I'm living in a foreign country, tested positive about three months ago. I am dealing with language issues with my doctors and I am a little concerned about what sounds like might be kidney disease and how bad it actually is. Because of...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

Yes, that amount of protein in the urine, indicates some degree of damage to the kidneys, and the likely cause is high blood pressure. Although it's possible that HIV could have a small contribution here, the duration of infection makes it more... Read more »

The Blood-Brain Barrier and HIV

Three questions?#1 Exactly what is the "blood brain barrier"?#2 I guess the blood cells in some way must pass the "blood brain barrier". If that is true how can it then be that very small chemical structures in many medicines not...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Thank you for your question. The Blood-Brain Barrier is natures way of protecting the most important organ of the body, the brain. This barrier protects the brain against various chemicals, toxins, and infectious agents that can be found in the... Read more »

lipo and brain barrier.hiv meds

Dr Young:What do you think of the theory that the affect of hiv drugs on the brain may cause lipo? I know it has yet to be tested but wanted your thoughts. (I know you will say that nontreatment causes lipo also but still) ...

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.

Rocky Mountain CARES

I've never heard of this theory. BY... Read more »

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Scientists Discover 'Natural Barrier' to HIV

Posted by MOCHA

Scientists Discover 'Natural Barrier' to HIV
05-Mar-2007

(HealthDay News) -- Researchers have discovered that cells in the mucosal lining of human genitalia produce a protein that "eats up" invading HIV -- possibly keeping the spread of the AIDS... Read more »

Depleted emmotionally and physically!!!

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

I am the "It's all over folks" poster on page 5 of this forum if you want more background information.

The good news is I did test neg at about 5/6 weeks. The bad news is that I have been sick for about a month now. Never been this physically ill... Read more »

Physical symptoms keep coming back?

Posted by haley, 3 Replies

So I've been infected for about a month now. I started getting symptoms after week one and after week 2 I found out I was positive. After about 7-8 days of symptoms, I started feeling a lot better physically. I even had my appetite back and... Read more »

HIV Care US vs. India and Living in the Mid East

Posted by SMARS, 2 Replies

Hello...Three days ago I found out that my brother been diagnosed with HIV. My brother is a US Citizen living abroad in the Middle East. We are trying to decide where he should go for treatment, India or the US. At the moment, all he knows that he... Read more »

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