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When Does Hiv Cause Anal Fissure
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Ask the Experts
Anal fissure, can it change the results of an anal PAP smear?Does the presence of anal fissures lead to a negative result in an anal pap smear.thank you....
Response from Bruce Dezube, M.D.
Harvard Medical School
In general an anal fissure won't change the results of a Pap smear. However, if there were to be inflammation because of the fissure, than that could affect the results of a Pap smear. The same is true for hemorrhoids (see my post to...
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Anal Fissures/Anal BleedingI posted this in the gay men's section and someone suggested I post it here as well. I notice... Read more »HIV and Anal Fissure, Etc.I read that people with HIV and a low CD count or weak immune system can be susceptible to anal... Read more »
Articles
Anal Cancer Increasing Among People Living With HIVWhy Screen for Anal Cancer in HIV-Positive Patients? Anal cancer is emerging as a common non-AIDS defining cancer in HIV-positive people. Anal cancer, like cervical cancer, is caused by infection with high-risk types of human papillomavirus (HPV)... Read more »
Anal Cancer, HIV and Gay/Bisexual MenIn the general population, anal cancer is a rare disease. Few people knew about it before Farrah Fawcett made public her struggle with the illness. Among men who have sex with men (MSM), and especially HIV-positive MSM, the incidence of anal cancer... Read more »
Ask the Doctor: What Is HIV-Related Anal Cancer?Every month HIV specialist Theresa Mack, M.D., M.P.H. -- an associate medical director at St. Luke's Medical Group in Harlem, N.Y. -- will answer your most pressing HIV/AIDS questions. The human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually... Read more »
Risk for Invasive Anal Cancer High Among HIV-Positive PeopleIn a poster presentation at CROI 2009 in Montreal, Canada, there's more sobering news on a serious HPV-related condition in men who have sex with men (MSM) that can lead to anal cancer. Unlike other diseases that have declined in incidence since the... Read more »
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crixivan and anal fissures
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
Is there anyone else out there who has been troubled with anal fissures (small tears in the rectum) since starting Crixivan? I've always been anally healthy until recently. Since they started, I have restrained from anal sex and keep a high fiber...
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anal sex=HIV?
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
I just read something suggesting that maybe AIDS is the result of drugs and anal sex. Think about this: you are having a foreign substance shot into your bloodstream--after so much fighting off "invaders" or semen maybe the immune system is...
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Help?- anal risky ecounter
Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies
Unlike some of the posts about rubbing up against a toilet seat do I have HIV, I had a stupid, drunk encounter with a stripper. Unprotected anal that only lasted a minute or so & then I sobered up going "What the hell am I doing!". It was...
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Anal cancer
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
I tested positive 14 years ago, and have had several AIDS complications. But this is my most recent cause for alarm: My rectal surgeon has been monitoring and burning off my anal warts for the past 2 years. Recently, we decided one recurring spot... Read more »
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