What Does The First Stage Of Herpes Look Like

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The Stages of HIV Disease

HIV Is a Continuum Infection Primary Infection (or Acute Infection) Seroconversion The Asymptomatic Stage Early- and Medium-Stage HIV Symptomatic Disease Late-Stage HIV Disease (AIDS) HIV Is a Continuum Most of us are used to thinking of disease in very simple terms: if you feel sick, you are sick; if you feel healthy, you are healthy. However, because HIV may begin causing subtle changes in the immune system long before an infected...

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End stage?

Dear Mister I am HIV since 1996 and I live in Venezuela. Currently, I have multiple resistance. I had my last therapeutic failure. Also, I am resistance (proven) to darunavir (prezista), truvada, raltegravir (Insestress), Etravirina and also,...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

There is no good data on how to best handle your difficult situation short of utilizing at least 2 active drugs along with optimized back ground regimen. I would try to find out when drug may be available in at least a compassionate basis in... Read more »

Weight loss normal in early stage?

Hello Cade. A very quick question for you. Would weight loss and wasting gums likely occur within the first three months of contracting HIV. I'm definitely losing weight and am pretty sure this gum wasting has just started to occur. When I...

Response from Cade Fields-Gardner M.S., R.D.

The Cutting Edge

Weight loss and wasting is primarily associated with two scenarios:1. You aren't getting enough calories and protein in, or2. You are in a catabolic state because of acute infection or injury and are not taking in enough calories and... Read more »

Symptomatic stage....The Body: Rick Sowadsky M.S.P.H., C.D.S, Answers to Safe Sex Questions

Dear Sir, Thank you for considering my question. I understand that there may be flu like symptoms associated with early infection, usually 2-4 weeks after infection. Is the symptomatic stage (ie night sweats, weight loss, etc) that I often hear...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Hi. Thank you for your question. Chronic symptoms such as drenching nightsweats, weight loss, etc. are usually not seen until an average of 10 yearsafter infection. These types of symptoms are not seen after recent HIVinfection. The following... Read more »

What stage?

Hi Dr MoyleMy questions are about my 28 year old friend. Last March (2007) my friend had a negative HIV test. In July he fell ill with a severe throat infection, because of this episode, he was put on the waiting list for a Tonsillectomy. He had...

Response from Graeme Moyle, M.D.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

Sore throats, and mononucleosis (glandular fever)type symptoms (fever, rash, fatigue, enlarged lymph glands, low white cell count) are common around serocoversion and may persist for several weeks. CD4 may drop substantially and recover over the... Read more »

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The 5 Stages of Pos

Posted by riverprincess, 4 Replies

A way to see and understand about life being pos. There are 5 stages that we mentally/emotionally go through once you pass through just the senseless fear of being tested.

Stage 1-- You think being diagnosed as pos means a death sentence. Your fear... Read more »

my friend is now in the final stages...

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

Watching my best friend die, it really hurts

My friend is now in final stages of aids, I try very hard to stay
positive for her sake. We have been friends for over 20 years, I
am telling myself that I should be grateful I have had her for
this long,... Read more »

Genital Herpes

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I know this is an hiv forum but I was wondering if the first episode of genital herpes is extremly painful or not? What do the lesions look like and how long do they take to go away? Please answer!

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let's talk about herpes!

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

i never experienced herpes before all this, and i am still not sure this is what it is. painful cracks at the corners of my mouth from time to time, weird little scabby things inside my nose, now whitish looking scabby things at inner labia area and... Read more »

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