What Type Of Disease Is Hiv

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What Is AIDS, HIV and HIV Disease?

What Is HIV? What Is AIDS? What Is HIV Disease? What Is HIV? Each letter stands for the following terms: H -- Human -- because this virus can only infect human beings. I -- Immuno-deficiency -- because the effect of the virus is to create a deficiency, a failure to work properly, within the body's immune system. V -- Virus -- because this organism is a virus, which means one of its characteristics is that it is...

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type and distribution of Hodgkin's Disease in hiv- and hiv+ patients

Hello,I read in a post that the type and distribution of HD seen in HIV+ patients is different from that of HIV- patients. I was hoping you could either elaborate and let me know what the differences are. I have searched on the web endlessly, and am...

Response from Bruce Dezube, M.D.

Harvard Medical School

Hodgkin's disease (HD) is indeed reasonably common in HIV-positive patients. HD is a form of lymphoma. HD is also not that uncommon in HIV-negative patients.HD is HIV-positive patients differs from that in HIV-negative patients in several... Read more »

Are exophthalmos or Grave's disease HIV related?

Dear Dr.,Do people with HIV develop exophthalmos or Grave's disease? What about other endocrine disorders? Thanks....

Response from Judith Feinberg, M.D.

University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine

The only endocrine problem that occurs fairly commonly in people with HIV is a shortage of appropriate sex hormones ("hypogonadism"). Graves disease is a thyroid problem and is unrelated to HIV.... Read more »

Liver Disease and HIV

HiI wrote you before but you never answered my question. My cousin's 3 year old son was just diagnosed with liver disease and she said he was born with it - but she tells us that he has HIV. What exactly does this mean? Does this mean that...

Response from Judith A. Aberg, M.D.

Washington University, St. Louis School of Medicine

You should ask your cousin for clarification. You do not have enough information or you may have misunderstood what your cousin said. I suggest you talk to your cousin and ask her what he has. Not everyone who has liver disease has HIV and not... Read more »

Crohn's Disease and HIV

I am seeking help for my partner who has both Crohn's Disease and is also HIV positive. His CD4 count is low, last time checked it was in the 20s, but he is outwardly healthy. His issue is with Crohn's Disease, he tells me that he cannot...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

Thanks for your post.There's no outward contraindication to treatment for both HIV/AIDS and Crohn's disease, per se. If your partner's CD4 count is in the 20's, his most important health concern is treating HIV. At least for... 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 »

HIV a DISEASE or a CONDITION

Posted by Survivor, 4 Replies

SO WHAT IS IT???

This is a very intersting question is it not...? Pharma says it's a Condition, others +ve and -ve say its a disease and or condtion..

WHATS THE BLOODY ANSWER!?!?!?!

"Oh Eric, I am so sorry for you, thats a horrible disease." Read more »

Fat loss in the cheeks but no HIV disease

Posted by Serge2008, 2 Replies

Hi! I'm a 41yo French heterosexual man and I live in Pennsylvania. Three years ago, I started to notice a sudden fat loss in my cheeks in a short period of time. I was worried about something serious and I had various blood test for cancer and HIV... Read more »

Poz magazine sanctions that HIV is a gay disease

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Peter Staley formerly of AIDSMEDS (now owned by Poz Magazine) agrees with the new LA Public Service Announcements that stress HIV is a gay disease.

Here is the article that critizes these ads.

HIV Ads Embrace, and Stun, Audience
By Sharon Bernstein,... Read more »

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