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Swollen Lymph Nodes In Hiv Patients
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you said lymph nodes are common; what if just one lymph node is swollenin your reply to someone you said that lymph nodes are very common in hiv infected people. what about if just one node is swollen? if it were hiv would that necessarily mean that more nodes would be swollen? i had unprotected sex. i have a...
Response from Bruce Dezube, M.D.
Harvard Medical School
Enlarged lymph nodes are part and parcel of HIV. These enlarged lymph nodes represent the body's attempt at fighting off the HIV virus. Usually there is "generalized lymphadenopathy"; what this means is that there are many swollen...
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Are swollen lymph nodes a CONSTANT feature in HIV/AIDS?Please let me know whether swollen lymph nodes is a constant feature in HIV/AIDS... Read more »swollen lymph node- is this lymphoma?My brother has AIDS and a lymph node is real swollen. He has had AIDS for many years.... Read more »
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"Berlin Patient" Continues to Point to an HIV CureIn 2007, an HIV-positive man from the U.S. faced a leukemia diagnosis while living in Berlin. He underwent a bone marrow transplant to try to cure his leukemia. However, this was also an opportunity for him and his doctors to better control, or even... Read more »
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Q for HIV+ people about swollen lymph nodes
Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies
Q for HIV+ people about swollen lymph nodesI would like to know if when you have swollen glands in the neck are they sore or painless? I just took the plunge and took my 2nd HIV testI am awaiting my results, which should be ready, this fri-sat. I am... Read more » Does HIV always cause swollen lymph nodes?
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
Even if you do not have any other symptoms will swollen gland always appear in the first few weeks of infection?
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Scared, swollen lymph node, sore throat. HIV ?
Posted by mikeisworried, 1 Reply
Hi please help, i am getting very worried.I had sex last week on monday night (8th may) with a worker girl. i used a condom. 2 days later, i noticed my urine started smelling very foul. now on tuesday the week after (+8 days), the smell has subsided... Read more » Lymph nodes
Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies
No body in the "I'm infected?" area was willing to help me with this, are lymph nodes related to hiv infection (when sollen) painless and the size of a pea, and usually appear behind the ear or in the back of the neck?Will appreciate Read more »
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