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Older People and HIV

How Many Older People Have AIDS? About 29% of all people with AIDS in the United States are age 50 or over. In 2001, this proportion was 17%. In some cities, as many as 37% of people with AIDS are older than 50. The number of older people diagnosed with AIDS is increasing. There are three types of older people with HIV: People who have been living with HIV for many years; older HIV-infected people who are just learning their HIV status; and...

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Combivir Potency and temperature extremes.

Hello, I would like to say I am extremely grateful for your column. I am currently taking both sustiva, once a day in the morning and combivir, twice a day. I take the combivir at 13 hour intervals as closely as possible (6:00 AM & 7:00 PM)....

Response from Susan Little, M.D.

University of California San Diego

Regarding your first question - I am not absolutely sure, but we generally advise avoiding extremes of temperature to optimize the stability of the drug. I suspect that baking hot temperature of greater than 100 degrees F should be avoided, but I... Read more »

HIV AND STRANGE BODY TEMPERATURE

Dear Doc. I am 43 ex competitive swimmer and tested + VL 35000 CD4 420 in October and since there I was deadly frightened, a lot of sweat all nights, three months sore throat passed away some day before, a lot of fatigue and cool sweat after a even...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

Having HIV infection can cause temperature elevation, even after the acute infection period is over.MH... Read more »

Doctor said Regular Blood Tests would show Signs of HIV Infection

Hello Dr.I wanted to tell you what an amazing job you do. You are such a good person who deserves all the respect in the world!My question to you is that, I had a fairly low risk exposure back in october: received unprotected oral and had protected...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello Ryan,Your HIV risk is minimal at best. Unprotected oral carries a very low risk and "protected" vaginal sex is protected if the latex condom was used properly and did not fail.Your symptoms are not worrisome for HIV ARS. That they... Read more »

thyroid/low basal temperature

Which in usually more prevelent in hiv positive people hyper or hypo thyroid? I know fevers are very common, but how dangerous is it to actually have a lower than normal body temperature all the time? I've been screened a few times for thyroid...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

In my experience hypothyroidism is the more common but I have seen both. Many persons (with or without HIV) seem to run body temperatures 1-2 degrees lower than the so-called average. I have never noted a problem among my HIV+ patients who run... Read more »

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No Place for Regular Men

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

I keep hearing that HIV is not a gay disease (meaning that straight people get it too). If that is the case, why isn't there a posting area for "Men." There is a posting area for women, gays, Blacks, military and teens have theirs.

What do we... Read more »

TO ALL THE REGULARS

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

I have a question to pose to you. I am on an HIV Negative Website for people who have had ongoing symptoms and wanted to know if something else such as herpes could be at work in their bodies (dont worried worried wells over the past three years... Read more »

To the regulars: SteveR...etc

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

I know how monotonous this board must get and having to constantly attempt to set peoples minds (or atleast try)

I just wanted to thank you regulars for acting so selflessly. You truly are wonderful people.

I've been a frequent visitor to this site... Read more »

Greg/jackie/g-man regulars advice needed

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I've posted quite a few times on this board since I put myself in this position. After my unprotected hetero encounter me being the male. I came down in very ars like symptoms flu, yeast infection,diaharrea,hives,insomnia, gingivitis, maculapapular... Read more »

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