What Are The Consequences Of Untreated Herpes

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Fact Sheet: New CDC Treatment Guidelines Critical to Preventing Health Consequences of Sexually Transmitted Diseases

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today issued national guidelines designed to help health care providers protect their patients from the health consequences that result from sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). The 2002... Read more »

California Budget Cuts & Consequences for People With HIV

Governor Brown calls his newly released budget proposal "a tough plan for tough times." In fact, it's worth noting that our new Governor is tasked with digging out of the largest financial deficit in the history of our state. That's no small... Read more »

Fortune Magazine Examines Economic Consequences of HIV/AIDS on Countries That "Aspire to Be Global Superpowers"

The HIV/AIDS pandemic "has created a humanitarian catastrophe of little economic consequence" because two-thirds of HIV/AIDS cases worldwide "are concentrated in a region that produces just 3% of the world's economic output," according to an article... Read more »

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untreated for 7 years

My daughter just shared with our family that she has known for 7 years that she was HIV positive. Her t-cell count is 33 and she has only been on the meds for 5 days. she says she is not in pain but she has the thrash in her mouth and in 2monthsgone...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,It's certainly sad that your daughter has known about her infection for seven years but only started treatment five days ago when her counts had fallen to dangerously low levels and she had become symptomatic (thrush and severe wasting).... Read more »

MI Disclosure laws for herpes

Its not hard to find disclosure laws for HIV. I cannot find the disclosure laws in Michigan for other STDs, such as herpes.I seem to be finding that a civil suit can be brought up for just about anything, but is non-disclosure actually illegal??...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,There are no disclosure laws for STDs other than HIV. Personally, I would prefer they abolish those laws as well! Criminalization of HIV/AIDS does not prevent the spread of HIV; it merely encourages at-risk individuals not to get tested. This... Read more »

Hepatits C consequences

Dr. Barbara, what are the consequences, health wise, of acquiring hep c at any time in our lives? Worst later in life or earlier;and other complications related to this virus.Sorry for the generality of my question, just give some facts...Thanks...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

There is actually some information on this. It appears from several studies that getting HCV later in life (after age 40) can be associated with faster liver disease progression than getting it early in life (eg, early 20s). Also, treatment is more... Read more »

consequences of getting pregnant

Have been taking Aluvia, lamivudine(3Tc) Tenofovir(TDF)for now 2years and am planning to get pregnant what are the consequences or is it safe ?...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

Hello and thanks for posting.If you're already taking this regimen and have an undetectable viral load (if that's done where you live), it would be recommended to continue. So yes, it is safe.For more information about being positive and... Read more »

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The consequences of stress and not knowing...

Posted by giaobsession, 2 Replies

Hi everyone, hope all is well. I just wanted to let everyone know after years of putting myself at risk and worrying about the possibilty of being positive, I finally tested last week. It was negative. I found out on the same day that I was calling... Read more »

Lying about HIV status consequences?

Posted by John_Ortiz, 1 Reply

11 months ago I was cruising online and found this semi-attractive guy who claimed he was a bottom. I ended up meeting with this guy and asked him if he had any condoms with him, but he said no and I asked him if he was DDF and HIV- and he said yes... Read more »

ARS and consequences

Posted by Anonymous

Hi there,

I read a lot at this forum and still have one question left. Most people say that ARS-symptoms come all together and will disappear within 2,3 weeks and will not come back. Ok, I believe this. But if someone experienced ARS, is it possible... Read more »

Suffering unknowingly from untreated STDs

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