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Whats Shingles
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Shingles with past "low risk" exposures (SHINGLES, 2010)Thanks for reading my question, by the looks of your site you are all VERY busy. My concern is this. I am a 43yo male who has had exposures in my recent past with guys, oral only. I usually just recieve, but on occasion have given. I have never...
Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation
Hello,The vast majority of cases of shingles have absolutely nothing to do with HIV/AIDS. See below. Regarding your HIV test results, the CDC guidelines indicate HIV-antibody tests taken prior to the three-month mark are not considered to be...
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Shingles=HIV ? (SHINGLES, 2009)Hi,i'm 24 and was diagnosed w/ shingles after I developed a small circular rash on my... Read more »Hiv and Shingles (SHINGLES)Hi Dr Bob,This site has to be the most humerous HIV site in the world - very refreshing. Anyway,... Read more »
Articles
Herpes Zoster (Shingles)What Is Shingles? Shingles and HIV How Is It Transmitted? How Is Shingles Treated? Can Shingles Be Prevented? The Bottom Line What Is Shingles? Shingles is a very painful disease caused by the same herpes virus that causes chicken pox... Read more »
Vaccine Sharply Cuts Risk of Shingles in Seniors, Study FindsA Kaiser Permanente study of Zostavax shows the vaccine against herpes zoster can reduce the incidence of painful shingles outbreaks by 55 percent, even in the oldest populations. The varicella zoster virus causes chickenpox and shingles, and can... Read more »
The U.S. National HIV/AIDS Strategy: What's Useful, What's Promising, What's MissingNaina Khanna At the XVIII International AIDS Conference in Vienna, I caught up with Naina Khanna, director of policy and community organizing for WORLD (Women Organized to Respond to Life-threatening Disease) in Oakland, Calif. Khanna... Read more »
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shingle will happen twice or more?
Posted by JHIV130306, 3 Replies
help!!! i had shingle few weeks ago but it seems recovered,however,i today felt that i have the same symptom of developing shingle the other side of my body!!! will this happen this way? anyone had this situation before? please~~~~i'm so...
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My sister is HIV+ and has shingles
Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies
I was just wondering if anyone had experience with HIV and shingles. She's been fighting the shingles now for about 5 months and they'll just start to go away and then come back again. She was very thin for a while, but looked really good and had...
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Whats the point
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
Whats the point in making fun of someone so paranoid ? instead of singing just give him a nice long answer and tell me whats the point of the song and what its about ?
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Can I get Shingles from another Poz guy if I had ?
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
Can I get shingles from another poz person even if I already had them myself in the past???
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