Symptoms Of Untreated Vaginitis

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Suffering unknowingly from untreated STDs

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symptoms/vaginal discomfort?

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I have been having major symptoms. I worried in the past but have had no symptoms, now its real. The symptoms began about a month after the exposure and I have them still 3 months later. I guess my question is to those of you who have the virus, did... Read more »

Unprotected vaginal in NYC..lots of symptoms..help

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Thanks for looking I know this is long winded but wanted to be specific. Here goes: 7 weeks ago had drunken insertive unprotected vaginal sex with a aquatinance of a friend. Exactly ten days later came down with a sudden off and on flu for a couple... Read more »

Vaginal Bleeding

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Is Bleeding a symptom of HIV or Aids ? in the Vagina or Penis Read more »

vaginal infections

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these past two days I found large orange stain on my panties. I also have been experiencing pain during intercourse. I checked on info. about vaginal infection symptoms, none of it says something about orange color discharge. does anybody... Read more »

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Life expectancy of someone with untreated full blown aids

If a person was diagnosed with full blown aids in 2000 and stopped meds in 2001, what's the estimated life expectancy? Currently symptoms include chills, wasting...cough... fatigue, skin rash....

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

The range is quite variable so no prediction is appropriate. If a patient is on preventative meds of infections and has good nutrition and hormone status that can maintain health to some degree. Full blown AIDS has many definitions as well ranging... Read more »

cirrohis and hep c untreated

my husband has hep c and last year had several problems, he has a bleeding nose for over 3 days and then was vomiting blood,a few weeks later, he has cirrohis and he has not been treated other than his hospital stay, we have little money and no...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

I am sorry to say that is sounds like he has end stage liver disease from hepatitis C. His condition does sound very advanced. I would recommend that you figure out where your closest teaching hospital is since this is where the best liver doctors... Read more »

Untreated and low viral load

Hi,Firstly, thanks for all the information you provide on this site. It is thankfully a wealth of information when trying to come to grips with being newly HIV +.I'm 34 and have been HIV +ve since March 2007. Seroconversion around 2-3 weeks...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

1. I think your body is doing an above average job of controlling the infection on its own. Your numbers are what we would expect after acute infection, where we see the CD4 count come back up and the viral load go down to some level (commonly... Read more »

Untreated HIV and testosterone levels in woman

Hello Nelson,I am a medical student based out of Prague and we are debating with a fellow member of the faculty regarding the testosterone levels in untreated long term HIV positive females.Can you please confirm that testosterone levels drop in...

Response from Nelson Vergel, B.S.Ch.E., M.B.A.

Program for Wellness Restoration

Dear SandyThanks for the excellent question. I usually answer questions on testosterone in men but we have some data on testosterone in HIV positive women as well.Your question specifies untreated HIV+ women. I am attaching a great paper by Dr... Read more »

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Lack of Effectiveness of Syndromic Management in Targeting Vaginal Infections in Pregnancy in Entebbe, Uganda

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Vaginitis

What is vaginitis? Vaginitis is a term for any infection or inflammation of the vagina. What are the symptoms of vaginitis? In general, vaginitis may cause itching, irritation, or abnormal vaginal discharge. There are a several different kinds of... Read more »

Women Find It Easy and Prefer to Collect Their Own Vaginal Swabs to Diagnose Chlamydia Trachomatis or Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Infections

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