What Happens When Someone Gets AIDS At A Cellular Level

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dental bleeding at the cellular level

I am a 61 year old white male; HIV+ and asymptomatic for 24 years. I wear a partial dental appliance in the maxillary region of my mouth. From time to time, my dentist will adjust the appliance to compensate for shifting, etc. I have worn this...

Response from Joseph McGowan, M.D., F.A.C.P.

North Shore University Hospital

Thanks for your question.There is no answer for you based on hard evidence. We do know when people have irritated or bleeding gums or gingivitis there can be an increased risk of having HIV in the oral secretions. So irritation of the gums would... Read more »

What does viral load mean on a cellular level?

I understand that the viral load test measures the amount of virus in the blood. Does this mean... Read more »

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

Please help, incident happened while getting blood drawn.

I scared that I may be at risk to contract HIV or hepatitis from getting my blood test! Basically I... Read more »

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Ok - Now what happens

Posted by Survivor, 3 Replies

So I have moved through all the stages without drinking or killing myself. Guilt, Sadness, Anger, Remorse and now Acceptance. I am sure I moved through others, but I just dont care about those ones.. Me and My Husband are pos. We are seeing... Read more »

Trying to be complete, scared on many levels. Hope I'm wrong and just crazy.

Posted by terrorized, 6 Replies

So here we go. This is quite the story, but maybe some here have been in similar positions.

I am 34 years old, seperated from my wife for 2 years, and just left a relationship with a 21 year old girl I met at college who I know now is a highly... Read more »

now it happens that many of us can get angry...

Posted by Anonymous

Now it happens that many of us can get angry while considering
this issue of AIDS, and maybe this anger is something that we all
share in common. Consider the situation of survivors who, for at
least 15 years now, have lived with the problem and... Read more »

Don't Know What is happening

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I was involved in a sexual intercourse with one girl who HIV is unknown. I had some symptoms after about 10 days of the intercourse. Sore Throad, lymp nodes on my neck, legs and armspit toward my chest. I got fatigue after about 5 days and hurt on... Read more »

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