When Do Hiv Spots Appear

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Red Spot appearing in eye

Hello docs. I have been hiv pos for 10yrs and have been on many meds which has resulted in alot of resistance over the years. I am currently on Videx, Saquinavir, Viread, Epivir, Kaletra, Fuzeon, Acyclovir, Paxil, Wellbutrin, Trazsodone (for...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Sometimes people spontaneously develop a sub-conjunctival hematoma (a small blood vessel leaks blod out under the saran wrap covering of the eye ball) that looks scary but usually is not serious. Evaluation by your HIV doc or eye specialist is... Read more »

Do boils and blisters appear because of HIV

I have a son who has HIV/Aid and he has broken out with red spots that have turned into boils which... Read more »

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Can KS appear before the HIV test comes back positive?

I was just wondering on the time frame it takes for Kaposi's Sarcoma to appear. I may have... Read more »

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how quickly do symptoms appear

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Hiya, ppl. I know I'm prolly freaking out here, but I could use
some assurrance. I gave oral sex to a chick 3 weeks ago (well, yeah,
we did other things, too, oral sex being the only unprotected
part) and - surprise, me being hysteric at these... Read more »

Spot on tongue

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Hi:

Anyone ever heard of chancre appearing on tongue as possible site of HIV infection.

was given head from a guy and his wife and she kissed me once.

About 5 weeks later had little white chancre appear on tongue then really bad sinus infection,... Read more »

Wool spots or floaters!!!

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

To tell people that floaters or wool spots are nothing is BS! HIV retnopathy can occur very early in the infection Read more »

When will the swollen nodes appear after HIV infection?

Posted by esia501, 1 Reply

I've totally stopped from doing free sex for about a year. Lately i've had fatigue, diarrhea for three weeks (weight is not decreasing at all), feeling wanna vomit/nausea, joint aching. I wonder when will the lymph nodes swollen when HIV infected in... Read more »

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