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What Does Encephalopathy Do To You
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Are there any Neuroplasticity studies for individuals with resolved Encephalopathy?Dr Keith, My partner had encephalopathy now resolved for several years. It left him with left side motor dysfunction and balance related problems. There are other mental aptitude factors as well.Has anyone done any neuroplasticity studies with...
Response from Keith Henry, M.D.
University of Minnesota, School of Medicine
Good questions-brain damage related to HIV infection can take numerous forms. In some cases the (such as from PML or lyphoma) the damage is similar to the structural damage from a stroke so recovery depends on location and size of lesions. If more...
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Encephalopathy treatment?I'm 48 yrs old and have been positive since 81 (by history) with no incidence of OIs. During... Read more »Hiv encephalopathyI am a long term surivior 12 years with Hiv. I have been diagonosed with HIV encephalopathy. In... Read more »
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Waiting for a Transplant: One Man's StoryI was diagnosed with hepatitis B in December 1969. About 25% of people with hepatitis B become chronic carriers, and a smaller percentage of those develop severe liver disease -- cirrhosis. So I'm one of the rare ones. From this smaller group, some... Read more »
AIDS Defining ConditionsThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines a person ashaving AIDS if she or he is living with HIV (HIV+) and has a CD4 cell count of 200 or less. The CDC has also developed a list of morethan 20 opportunisticinfections (OIs) that... Read more »
À la Carte -- 10. Hepatitis C Co-InfectionMany people living with HIV are also living with hepatitis C, a virus that attacks and damages the liver. In people who are co-infected, the liver inflammation and damage may progress faster than in people who have hepatitis C alone; and sometimes... Read more »
Disappearing Resistance With Telaprevir: The Extend StudyIn the Extend study, researchers enrolled volunteers from several previous studies of telaprevir into a multinational three-year study to evaluate the following issues: the durability of a sustained virologic response (SVR) changes in HCV... Read more »
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Infectious or Intoxication Diseases?
Posted by Anonymous
AIDS, Hepatitis C, BSE:Infectious or Intoxication Diseases? Claus Khnlein, Germany English translation and English edit by Jrgen Faas, Kathy McMahon and Fintan Dunne. With kind permission by the ... Read more » More Bad News
Posted by Bear60, 2 Replies
The friend of mine who has been in the hospital for 2 weeks now.....has finally been diagnosed with.....PML.What Is PML? Progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy is a serious viral infection of the brain. "Encephalo" means brain. "Pathy" means... Read more » Starting meds soon, can he start now?
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
My partner has an appointment for the middle of next week to get set up for meds. He was diagnosed this past summer and had a CD4 count of 199 at that time and PCP (that's how we found out). He had previously been misdiagnosed as having Crohn's...
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After ARS?
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
So what happens after ARS? Aren't there other symptoms ongoing? I have read about lymph nodes being swollen, but what about other problems? Is there nothing? Or is there typically some sort of ongoing issue?Read more »
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