What Physical Effects Does Hiv Have On A Person

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Physical therapy for persons with HIV

Hi Rick, I'm interested in the physical therapy side of AIDS/HIV. How is it used for pain management and keeping the functional level intact with the progression of patients. Do the majority of Aids pt's follow thru with a physical...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Thank you for your question. Let me refer you to the following review articles that discuss physical therapy in persons with HIV infection:Physical therapy management for the patient with HIV. Lower extremity challenges.Galantino M, et. al.Clin... Read more »

Risk of HIV transmission from a HIV+ person`s bleeding wound

First of all, thanks for what you`re doing. I`m sure anyone who needs to know anything about HIV,... Read more »

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Personality effects of HIV

I have a very close relative that has had HIV since the 1980s. I don't know if it has moved... Read more »

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Social Support and Maladaptive Coping as Predictors of the Change in Physical Health Symptoms Among Persons Living With HIV/AIDS

Researchers in the current study sought to examine social support and maladaptive coping as predictors of HIV-related health symptoms in a primarily low-income and diverse sample of HIV/AIDS patients with respect to gender, ethnicity, and sexual... Read more »

Mothers Living With HIV: Setting Personal Goals and Improving Family Life

Many mothers with adolescent children find managing their families to be challenging, and, at times, even difficult and frustrating. Yet adolescent children need support and guidance in the final period before they go out on their own. Mothers... Read more »

HIV and Personal Finance

In the early 1990s, HIV was seen as a one-way street to all the "d-words" -- disease, disability, and death. This emboldened viatical settlement companies to buy life insurance policies from people with HIV at prices near 90 percent of their face... Read more »

High Prevalence of Childhood Emotional, Physical and Sexual Trauma Among a Canadian Cohort of HIV-Seropositive Illicit Drug Users

More resources are needed to respond to the long-term effects of childhood maltreatment upon injection drug users (IDU) who are HIV-positive, according to the current study. The authors examined the prevalence and correlates of antecedent emotional,... Read more »

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Looking for personal stories for HIV class THANKS!

Posted by collegestudent, 1 Reply

I'm currently taking a course on HIV and have also recently bought a great book by Carl Zimmer called "A Planet of Viruses." I have grown increasingly interested in the HIV and for my final project I would love to get some personal stories on coping... Read more »

Ever wondered why so few HIV+ post personal ads?

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

If you have ever wondered why so few of the 1.9 million diagnosed HIV+ post ads on dating sites view this link too web page it might open a possible idea on the subject.
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what to eat for HIV/AIDS person?

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Hi all,

I understand that I should eat BETTER... But I really don't know what are the good meals/food for HIV/AIDS people? Any anybody share your experience with me?

And what kind exercise do you guys do? I feel my body is very senstive to... Read more »

Physical symptoms keep coming back?

Posted by haley, 3 Replies

So I've been infected for about a month now. I started getting symptoms after week one and after week 2 I found out I was positive. After about 7-8 days of symptoms, I started feeling a lot better physically. I even had my appetite back and... Read more »

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