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What Can You Do To Cure Cmv

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cmv+toxo

hi, i just posted about being hiv poz,plus citomegalovirus and toxo. My cd4 are staying around 1110, though. Is it possible to cure cmv or toxo? I dont feel in danger about them, you said unless i fall below 100. If i start therapy around 400 or...
Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine
It is not possible to cure your CMV and toxo. Even at 350-400 CD4 cell count, you are not in any danger from these agents.... Read more »

Pregnancy and CMV

Last December my pregnancy test results came back showing that I have CMV. My doctor recommended... Read more »

Transplant Patient with CMV Infection

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Connect With Others

support groups for people with CMV and blindness?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
Hey everybody,

I'm living in Miami Beach in Florida, and have CMV Retinitis. I was wondering if anybody out there knows of, or might want to start, a support group or organizations for people with CMV Retinitis who suffered blindness as a result of... Read more »

eye implant for cmv

Posted by princealbert, 1 Reply
Has anyone had a vitrasert implant for cmv retinitis? I'm concerned because it's now 2 1/2 weeks after surgery, and my vision is still very cloudy, like someone smeared vaseline over my
right lens. I've been examined 3 times thoroughly, and doctors... Read more »

implant for cmv

Posted by princealbert
Has anyone had a vitrasert implant for cmv retinitis? I'm concerned because it's now 2 1/2 weeks after surgery, and my vision is still very cloudy, like someone smeared vaseline over my right lens. I've been examined 3 times thoroughly, and doctors... Read more »

cmv colitis

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
Is it possible to have cmv colitis when first infected within 3 months or is this something that happens later in disease and not in the ars stage. Read more »

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