Testicular Pain Could I Have AIDS

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Swollen glands and Testicular Pain

Diagnosed with HIV in November of this year...Began Atripla 6 weeks ago in the hopes of stopping all of the swelling and pain...CD4 up to 540 with Viral Load at 150 and going lower--no negative response to medication at all.Have had swollen lymph...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Your symptoms involving swollen glands/testicle unlikely to be related directly to the Atripla though non-specific flare-ups of swelling can be related to immune reconstitution (over time a good thing)in some patients. I have found some cases of... Read more »

Will HCG reverse testicular atrophy after long-term HRT?

Thanks for the opportunity to ask this: I'm a 52-year old male, HIV positive for 26 years,... Read more »

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

testicular pain

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Joint Pain? AnonOne? Aids2HIV?

Posted by WhatDoIDo, 1 Reply

Hi all. I had a few questions. When someone experiences early symptoms of HIV, do they all come at once? Or can they come seperately. I have had diarrhea for more than a month now, then I started having testicular pain, my neck hurts when I move it... Read more »

Testes Pain

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Is testicular pain a symtom of a recent hiv infection? it feels like one is twisted or something and it's been going on for a few days. my inner and outer thigh have also been hurting on the same side, I read that the thigh problem may be caused... Read more »

microlitiasis testicular

Posted by javi23, 1 Reply

hola buenas!
en febrero me detectaron microcalcificaciones bilaterales (microlitiasis) en las que en el test izq se aprecian 8 puntos y en el dercho unos 13 o 14 mi preocupacion es por el mayor riesgo a poder dssarrollar cancer respecto a los demas... Read more »

DO U DIE OF PAIN IF U HAVE AIDS?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I don't have any family history of HIV or AIDS but just in case I happen to get Aids in the future, is it painful? and how do you die?

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