Skin Inflammations On Hiv Or Aids Patients

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IRIS: A Concern for People Starting HIV Therapy

Introduction What Is Inflammation? What Is IRIS? How Is It Diagnosed? Who Is at Risk? What Are the Symptoms? How Do You Treat IRIS? What Can Help to Ask My Doctor? Special Concerns for People Living With HIV Special Concerns for Women, Children and People Over 50 What Does the Research Show? Commentary Introduction It's a mouthful of a phrase, but immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) is a serious...

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Skin hyperpigmentation in AIDS patients = an hypophyse dysfunction?

Is there any treatment or medicine for the hyperpigmentation in Aids patients?...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Treatment for hyperpigmentation can be frustrating even in the general population. A consultation by a dermatologist is often recommended to make a proper diagnosis and to determine whether any of the drugs may be contributing or is there a non-HIV... Read more »

Re: Inflammation Assays

Hi Dr. Holodniy, Regarding your question to my question regarding inflammatory problems related to HIV infections:Regarding psoriatic arthritis, over fifteen years ago, I saw three different doctors and received several prescriptions, none of which...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

You raise several interesting issues about concomitant inflammatory processes in someone with HIV infection. It is potentially a very complex interaction that is not well understood. On the one hand, inflammatory diseases could activate t cells... Read more »

Aspirin to reduce inflammation?

Hi DocI had a thought- I know one of the concerns that HIV patients have is increasing effects of long term inflammation. Is something as simple as taking aspirin a good idea for HIV patients to consider?ThanksMike...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

Hi Mike and thanks for posting your interesting question.Aspirin is known to decrease heart disease risk in men and stroke risk in women. It's actually recommended for many individuals for this reason. It's cheap, well tested, has a... Read more »

Anal dysplasia and proctitis (inflammation of the rectum); what do you think?

I am an HIV positive male. I have had Proctitis for the last 4 1/2 months. This includes inflammation of the rectum, rectal pain; feeling i have to "go".... rectal discharge and pain/discomfort. Ruled out: gonorrhea, chlamydia, CMV,...

Response from Bruce Dezube, M.D.

Harvard Medical School

I'm not sure I have the final answer to what sounds like a very unpleasant situation. You mention no gonorrhea, chlamydia, CMV, and warts. Has your doctor checked you for Herpes? Herpes can and often does cause the symptoms which you... Read more »

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Since being diagnosed with HIV I have experienced folliculitis. It has not responded to the antibiotics given by my dermatologist who seems to have given up on it. I am not on any meds yet. Is this something that we with HIV just have to live with? Read more »

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