Whre Can You Go For Help With Hiv/aids In Minnesota?

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

HIV/AIDS Among Women

Early in the epidemic, HIV infection and AIDS were diagnosed for relatively few women and female adolescents (although we know now that many women were infected with HIV through injection drug use but that their infections were not diagnosed). 1 Today, women account for more than one quarter of all new HIV/AIDS diagnoses. Women of color are especially affected by HIV infection and AIDS. In 2004 (the most recent year for which data are...

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HELP ME PLEASE!!!!!! HIV SYMPTOMS, exposure, chances, aids, help

Hi, I thought of you today, for all the times that you have helped people. You present your facts in light humor that is comforting for people like us... scared... living in fear. Where would we be in a world without such doctors. What amazes me...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,"This establishment and the whole medical industry is conjuring a monstrous myth"???? And you consider this a sin for which I'll be sent to hell. Hmm. Now what makes you think that folks in the reality-based community might... Read more »

am i wasting my time appyling for ssi disability in minnesota

not sure if my cc4 count . i guess it is around 400. i was prescribed atripla refuse to take it now , im tired of every thing . doctors case manager and being denied ssi. I became hiv pos maybe not enoughhave it yet people ...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello.You should be working closely with your HIV specialist physician. He is (or at least should be) best equipped to advise you regarding disability benefits and other services that may be beneficial to you.Refusing to take your Atripla certainly... Read more »

Help please! (CAN YOU GIVE YOURSELF HIV/AIDS)

Help me im scared if i masturbate with a dirty hand can i infect myself with HIV?...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,First of all, masturbation is not an HIV-transmission risk.Second, you cannot give yourself HIV anymore than you can give yourself a million dollars! (In other words what you don't have you can't give away!) (See below.)Third, if your... Read more »

uneducated on HIV and AIDS. please help

My son was diagnosed with aids, and is in the hospital at this time. His Tcell count is 32 I understand that that means the virus level is high. Could you please direct me to better educated myself on this matter. He has also had a very high fever...

Response from Brian Boyle, M.D., J.D.

Cornell University, Weill Medical College

Since you have access to the internet there are many resources at your fingertips. This website contains a lot of valuable information and if you need further information try www.medscape.com or www.healthology.com (HIV and AIDS).If you want more... Read more »

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Friend in Minnesota

Posted by asecret, 3 Replies

Hello to all,

I'm looking for friends to chat with. I was diagnosed in Oct. 2004. I aquired the virus through being raped. I am 38, unhappily married but greatfull he hasn't shunned me. I also have two beautiful boys ages 8 and 12. Husband and both... Read more »

HIV to AIDS Presentation=Help please...

Posted by Anonymous

How does HIV in a previously asyptomatic perosn present itself when it starts to become AIDS? What symptoms and physical changes occur? I know that thrush is a big one, but what else?

Please help...this is for a very dear friend who had a bruise... Read more »

Have I Gone from HIV to AIDS? HELP!!!!

Posted by CLT, 4 Replies

I will keep my story pretty short. March 20th 2006 I found out I was positive. My CD4 was 336 and my viral load was 55,000.

August 14th I take some more labs and had not been able to go back to the doctor until today October 30th. I found out my CD4... Read more »

testing for HIV Aids: urgent pls help!

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

by the way i used a condom but forgot to remove it after the act. then what happened is that it slipped out as i was asleep n rolled on the bed. the fluid must have gotten intach with my penis cuz otherwise i wdnt hav contracted ghonorrea. do you... Read more »

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