Success Rate Of Treatment For Thrush

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Candidiasis (Thrush)

The Bottom Line Candidiasis is a very common yeast (fungal) infection. The fungus normally lives in the body. It cannot be eliminated. The best way to avoid an outbreak of candidiasis is to strengthen your immune system by taking antiretroviral medications (ARVs). Most candida infections are easily treated with local therapies. In people with weakened immune systems, these infections become more persistent. Systemic anti-fungal drugs can be...

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Thrush Treatment

Doctor:I am a 37 y/o male, I am not HIV positive, but I did suffer a brain injury ten years ago. I also have been suffering from an oral thrush problem that was diagnosed a year ago, in hindsight I probably had it six years, maybe longer. No...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

Thank you for your post.As a general rule of my infectious disease thumb, before coming up with new treatments, it's worthwhile pondering if we have the correct diagnosis.While thrush is usually easy to diagnose, it can be confused with other... Read more »

Depression, rates of success in treating

I seroconverted about 3 years ago, and got an AIDS diagnosis about 2 years ago. During the past 3 years I have experienced many ups and downs. At times I have been more successful than others in accepting the facts of my life as they are, and...

Response from Ewald Horwath, M.D.

University of Miami School of Medicine

With the treatments available today, we can expect that more than 80% of people with depression will experience substantial improvement. What is success in treating depression? It means feeling better, relief of the worst symptoms, a sustained... Read more »

Thrush - TMP/SMX

You stated a few weeks ago that, with my hep C regimen kicking me <200, you would recommend PJP prophylaxis. Well, Dr. just prescribed such, but I'm not sure why. I was having lots of maladies about a month and a half ago, including cough,...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

If you are HIV+ with a CD4 count < 200 then TMP-SMX is used to prevent Pneumocystis pneumonia--for most patients it is well tolerated though HIV+ persons have a higher rate of side effects than the general population. I would not characterize... Read more »

Treatment success

In light of all the new treatments and successes with triple drug therapy for children, are they still considered to have a terminal illnes or rather a cronic one?...

Response from Brooks Jackson, M.D.

Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine

The use of combination antiretroviral therapy in HIV infected children has clearly reduced mortality. A recent study (N Engl J Med 2001;345:1523-28)found that mortality fell from 5.3% in 1996 (when highly active combination therapy was first... Read more »

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scared, confused, nightsweats, thrush-not tested

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I feel fine, thinking of testing, have present symtoms of night sweats-not heavy and some thrush- I'm so scared- Read more »

resistant thrush

Posted by princealbert, 2 Replies

I've had drug resistant esophogeal thrush in the past, been on amphotericin IV, but was OK for years. Recently, I was diagnosed with esophogeal thrush and microsporidiosis. Has anyone out there had success treating thrush with something other than... Read more »

scraping thrush

Posted by une_fille, 1 Reply

probably a very silly question, but when one scrapes off thrush from the tongue, how long does it take for the yeast to grow back over where the tongue was scraped? is it a matter of hours? if one did it before they went to bed, would it be back... Read more »

Hairy Leukoplakia - Thrush

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

I was infected with HIV about 6 months ago.

Tested Poz.

I think I am experiencing Thrush, is it possible for it to occur so soon after infection?

Also are there any home remedies?? Read more »

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