Symptoms Of Hiv In Kids

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vaccine for chickenpox given to 10kids of Hiv.

Dear Dr DavidI am the same person who's daughter and grand son 10 month kid both r HIV Pos. I want an advice from You,and my Dr from India has also aske me to post this que to You.Can this child with Vl 100,000 copies and CD count 4,000 gan be...

Response from David Wohl, M.D.

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Thanks for your question. According the National Guideline Clearing House website:"Children infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may be at increased risk of morbidity from varicella and herpes zoster. Limited data on... Read more »

HIV Fear after 12 year- Married with 3&1/2 year old kid

Hi Doc,I am in deep fear & concerned about HIV. I had one time protected sex (with condom) with... Read more »

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HIV positive or not?! Scared Mom of 4 kids. Help me.

Dear Dr. Robert, About three weeks ago I had a standard set of blood tests ran and... Read more »

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French Study Clears HAART of Cancer Link in Kids

There is no evidence that anti-HIV drugs cause cancer in adults. However, these medicines are taken by pregnant HIV positive women, and therefore could, in theory, have a negative effect on the fetus and, later, infant. This possibility arises for a... Read more »

Caring for HIV-Negative Kids (and Yourself) in an "HIV Family"

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Boston Kid is at is again on the webmd boards.

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I cannot believe this. He posted again on the HIV/AIDS forum under yet another alias aka Raymond in Boston LOL and his name is actually Bob. Again, same old scenario he rants and raves on th same old stuff!!! Bob you do not get it do you? You know... Read more »

scared to death for kids

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Myself and my 10 and 8 year old were just diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. What realistically are our chances and why did it take so long. Read more »

you must be kidding me

Posted by chrisbadmushroom, 2 Replies

http://www.webspawner.com/users/hivtest/
this site claims they have documented cases of people taking up to 3 years to test positive by antibody test and is updated till 2006 feb Read more »

married with 3 kids and scared to death

Posted by squiggz, 2 Replies

I'm 42 married farther of 3 and back in January/Febuary i made the biggest mistake of my life that may have cost me my life. and I regret it every minute of every hour of every day. I accepted a friend request from an ex-girl friend on Facebook soon... Read more »

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