What Is The Treatment For OIs

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OI treatment coverage

Do employer provided health coverage plans ( like ppo )cover treatment for opportunistic infections ? It is very easy to figure out a correlation between OIs and HIV. Can an employer fire you just based on an HIV diagnosis ? How about if one has...

Response from Nancy Breuer

WorkPositive, Inc.

We can't answer such general questions about what any particular employer's plan might cover, but it's safe to assume that treatment for an infection such as an OI would be covered. Yes, it's easy to figure out a connection, so... Read more »

early OI's

Dear Doc,what's the earliest recorded w/ hiv infected person could get OI's (particularly... Read more »

Response from Judith Feinberg, M.D. »

Resistant thrush with multiple OI's

Dear Doctor:My partner has severe wasting, CMV retinitis, KS and MAC. His viral load is down (!)... Read more »

Response from Judith Feinberg, M.D. »

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OIs and Co-Infections and STIs -- Oh, My!

Now that powerful HIV medications can slow down the progression of HIV-related disease and even AIDS, more common illnesses (such as heart disease and cancer) have become a greater concern for people living with the virus. Still, some of the same... Read more »

Rate of OIs and Death Significantly Higher in HIV/HBV- or HIV/HCV-Coinfected Patients

The SMART (the Strategic Management of Antiretroviral Therapy) study may have been one of the most important studies of 2006. 1 Initiated by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded Terry Beirn Community Programs for Clinical Research... Read more »

African Americans With HIV Have Higher OI Rates and Hospital Mortality, but Lower HCV Rates, Than Whites, Hospital Survey Finds

There's nothing like hearing the results of studies directly from those who actually conducted the research. In this interview, you'll meet one of these impressive HIV researchers and read her explanation of the study she presented at ICAAC/IDSA... Read more »

Joan J., a Treatment-Naïve Patient Who Isn't Naïve About Treatment Options

Joan J. has known for several years that she is seropositive. Her CD4 counts have consistently been above 500 cells/mm 3 since her diagnosis, and she has consistently expressed reluctance to begin antiretroviral therapy -- citing data from trials... Read more »

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ARS / OI confusion

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Alright i'm going crazy ARS/ OI is it something that can be overlooked? I mean i've been on heightened security with my body lately and i'm considering myself under mercy of the weather.
Symptoms for ARS i mean, from what i've read it's something... Read more »

WHO guidelines/ WBC count/ OI's

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Questions:
1. Does anyone know what is WHO window period guidelines?
2. Do WBC count drop during primary infections - say like 10 days - 2 weeks post infection. By WBC count drop, does it mean total leucocyte count or only lymphocytes count. This I am... Read more »

When to start treatments?

Posted by oi812Help, 2 Replies

When is the best time ot begin meds?

Thanks... Read more »

When to begin treatment

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

I know lots of people say to begin treatment before t-cells fall to 200. Mine are 200 and my viral load is 50,000. I guess I have to start. Anyone out there waited without consequence?

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