Testing For Gene That Causes Lactic Acidosis

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Lactic Acidosis and HIV/AIDS

Table of Contents Understanding Lactic Acidosis What Causes Lactic Acidosis? Symptoms of Lactic Acidosis Treatment Risk Factors Taking Care of Yourself Understanding Lactic Acidosis Mitochondria are small organs in your cells. They help convert the food youeat into the energy you need to function. If the mitochondria aren't working properly, cells must make energy in adifferent way. When this happens, a chemical called...

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Severe Lactic Acidosis & Mitochondria Toxicity

I tested positive in 1998 with a vl:1900+ and cd4:800+. I was not placed on meds until 10/99, viramune,epivir and zerit. I was admitted in the hospital for 10 days with lactic acidosis and mitochondria toxcicity. I couldn't eat or drink and...

Response from Gerald Pierone, M.D.

AIDS Research and Treatment Center of the Treasure Coast

From your history and prior challenges with medications it sounds like you can defer treatment at this time. There are different guidelines and the only definitive data that we have is for treatment with CD4 count less than 200. So for people with... Read more »

lactic acidosis

My lactic acid levels have been at about 5 for past two weeks. I had been on ddi, d4t and Viracept since 1-98 with undetectable viral load, T-cells now at 1000, high cholesterol and triglycerides, facial, limb and buttocks wasting and slight fat...

Response from Alvan Fisher, M.D.

Brown University School of Medicine

I like the idea of a nonnucleoside such as sustiva or viramune. I also think it was reasonable to come off d4T and monitor your LA levels. I'm not sure that "wildly elevated serum" ferritin levels are necessarily bad by the way. I... Read more »

Lactic acidosis and Glucophage

I read your response concerning lactic acidosis but I still have questions. My mother is a type II diabetic and we recently read in the paper about glucophage(?) and how it could cause lactic acidosis. Her doctor has also mentioned that she may have...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

Lactic acidosis is a rare complication of the use of glucophage-- based on what you've described, it would be difficult for me to confirm or negate a diagnosis, but the test for lactic acidosis is a simple blood test.If your mother's... Read more »

Lactic Acidosis

What is Lactic Acidosis? How is it monitored? What causes it? Is it something I should ask my doctor to test for? Or is it measured in routine blood tests, like a CBC panel? My doc has never mentioned it. I am on a STI going on eight months because...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

Lactic acidosis is the disease caused by a abnormally high lactic acid level in the blood. It is important to distinguish between small elevations in lactic acid levels (called hyperlactatemia; may be caused by HIV itself, and probably not... Read more »

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lactic acidosis

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Has anyone else out there had lactic acidosis? Would like to hear, share experiences.

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Scientists Identify Gene That Blocks HIV

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Scientists Identify Gene That Blocks HIV

American and Canadian researchers have identified a human gene called TRIM22 that can block HIV infection by preventing certain forms of the virus from replicating, CBC News reported.

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Way too scared now to test....AIDS leading cause

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of death in San Francisco. The article is posted right on the main page of The Body. Read more »

hiv gene therapy

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hiv gene therapy has been getting a lot of play in the national and international press as of late....i would be interetested in comments on this hope. Read more »

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