What Is Regarded As Advanced Stage Of Hiv

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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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Advanced Stage

My sister is having ulcers in the groin area. Her HIV was detected around 2004. It's been 5 months and ulcers are not going away and her CD4 count has been dropped from 350 to 27. She is having fever, diarrhea and her heart rate is ranging...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

Hello and thanks for posting.Sorry to hear about your sister's predicament. The first and important question is what the cause of her ulcers is. Often, they are herpes virus infection, but the list of other possibilities is long. We'd... Read more »

gum bleeding and advanced stage of AIDS

Hi, I just met a wonderful guy last week and I sort of suspected he was HIV+, but during our first conversation he said he was living the hospital due to gastric problems. After that we had our first date and we deep kissed for one hour or so. Then,...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello.You ask "Am I overreacting?" The answer is yes, you are. Your HIV-acquisition risk is negligible."Undetectable" means your buddy is on effective combination antiretroviral therapy (HIV medications) that have driven his HIV... Read more »

Advanced Stage

As I mentioned My sister has died and this is miserable to the whole family. I can't believe what happened. Is this possible. How can a person die within 6 months when she has a cd4 count of 316. Can the cd4 count drop that fast from 316 to 28...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

Hello,I'm so sorry about your loss. It is unusual for people with suppressed HIV on treatment to have such rapid decreases in absolute CD4 cell counts. If I recall, your sister's last CD4 count was obtained when she was very ill.... Read more »

Advanced Stages -- The Bottom Line

Results discussed at the recently held "Fourth Conference on Retroviruses &ampOpportunistic Infections" seem to paint a rosyprognosis for HIV infected persons who begin triple therapy soon afterinfection. However, I'm unclear on...

Response from Cal Cohen, M.D., M.S.

Harvard Medical School

I don't now of any good survival estimates that reflect the advancements inantiretroviral therapy. The drugs have not been out long enough, and thereis enormous variation in how people respond to these therapies. Thatvariation is dependent on... Read more »

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4 stages to HIV disease

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

AMFAR AIDS HANDBOOK (Chapter 4, Page 53 )

There are four stages to HIV disease

1) Acute Infection Stage (500-1200 CD4s)- begins immediately after hiv enters the body and starts multiplying in infected cells. Acute infection ends about 2-6 weeks... Read more »

Jessie sends her regards to all on these boards

Posted by PozitivelyFit, 4 Replies

Hello everyone. I hope my post finds you all in the best of health. I communicated through email, with Jessie earlier today, and she says she is sorry she hasn't been here on the boards lately. She wanted me to tell you all that she will be back... Read more »

my brother's late stage

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

In march my brother collapsed. He turned out to have late stage aids infection, with encephapathy and dementia. He is 43 and a homophobe. He is home alone now refusing the available communities help. He is doing better, but I am having trouble... Read more »

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 »

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