With Bacteria In Your Spine Can You Be Diagnosed With Hiv

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C Spine Fusion

I was recently diagnosed with AIDS after C Spine surgery. My viral load was 7800 with Tcells 33. The disc fusion failed and the doctor wants to do another procedure but my tCells are still only 130. I am on Atripla and have never missed a dose....

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

Hello and thanks for your post.Sorry to hear about your surgery and HIV diagnosis. I'm interested to hear more as to why your fusion failed- was it because of poor bone density? (i.e., did the hardware not take because the vertebrae are... Read more »

ulcer in the spine does not let me walk?

i was diagnosed with AIDS since 2006, but didnt use meds up to I started to feel terrible and... Read more »

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PAIN ALONG THE SPINE, BACK AND HIP JOINTS AND FATIGUE

Dear Dr.,I am poz and on meds. I always have a problem of pain along the spine, back and hip... Read more »

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newly diagnosed

Posted by nwkmateo, 5 Replies

Hello. I was diagnosed 3/27/2012 with HIV. I've been so busy trying to reassure my loved ones that I will be okay that I've ignored my own need to be reassured. I'm hoping the interactions I make on here will help get me to that goal.

I... Read more »

Has anyone been diagnosed with HIV-2?

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

HIV TYPE 2: Has anyone here been diagnosed with HIV-2 (type 2)?
Currently in the US we only test for HIV-1. HIV-2 is a weaker
strain common in Africa but not the U.S. Now that I have a friend
in the U.S. with this, we are having a difficult time... Read more »

i was diagnosed hiv+...

Posted by Anonymous

I was diagnosed HIV+ on April 3, 1996 - the day after my 36th
birthday. I was initially told by the diagnosing Dr. to do
nothing for six-months while my t-cell count "leveled". Although,
emotionally baked at the time, the thought of such a course of Read more »

seven years ago i was diagnosed with hiv...

Posted by Anonymous

Seven years ago, I was diagnosed with hiv. My Tcell count was
under 500, and the doc immediately prescribed AZT. When I
suggested that I didn't want to take something so toxic, he said,
"I'm tired of young gay men telling me that they won't take... Read more »

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