Red Rash On Face From Hiv

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Face rash

Hello,I was diagnosed and started truvada + stocrin few month ago when my cd4 was < 200 and VL 6000. I have had a skin rash all over accept my face 2 weeks after starting treatment. It has went away and I switched to Atripla couple month ago. I...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Skin rashes are very common in the general population and even more common in HIV+ persons. In the facial area seborrheic dermatitis is very common and can often flare up when starting effective HAART (usually will over time improve). Often... Read more »

Red,Itchy bumps on face, neck and chest

I've been taking Truvada+Reyataz+Norvir for 3 weeks and now I developed red, itchy bumps on... Read more »

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Seborrheic Dermatitis - redness on my face

Posted by squanderer, 2 Replies

Does anyone have experience with this, will it go away when I start taking meds ? Has it gone away for anyone who started taking meds ?

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HIV Rashes

Posted by Anonymous

Hello Friends,

During the initial stages of HIV infection, one of the symptoms of seroconversion is development of rashes. What do these rashes look like ? For information I referred to a book in the British Council Library which says the following :
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Sunburn or Acute HIV Rash??????

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Hi all and thanks for reading!

I am a 31 y/o light skinned black female. I had unprotected sex with my boyfriend (38 y/o) of 3 months a little over a month ago. At this time I also had my regular localized minor acne episode on my face and I picked... Read more »

face rashes

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

As some may know my doctor has told me to forget this issu of the HIV virus, I dont have had any symptom, I was just worried then , he evaluates my 6.5 week ELISA 3rd generation test and tell me that as he said I must not be worried about that, he... Read more »

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