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- I am trying to find a statin drug to improve Tryg/Chol/HDl/LDL that does not conflict with my current HIV med combination of Lamivudine/Viread/Atazanavir. Any suggestions?
- Posted: June 8, 2008
- Response: Ross Slotten, M.D.
- Why is the urethra considered to be mucous membranes that can allow HIV to enter the body but the labia minora are not, even though both have sebaceous glands?
- Posted: May 30, 2008
- Response: John Barrow, M.D.
- Can HIV be passed or put one at risk by placing ones tongue in the anus of another who is HIV positive? Please help.
- Posted: May 20, 2008
- Response: Mark Katz, M.D.
- This month my Dr. has switched me from Truvada to Combivir due to a slightly decreased kidney function (Glom Filtration Rate, 49.7). Dr. feels strongly that the Tenofovir in Truvada is causing this.I have experienced serious negative reaction to Abacavir (Dr.'s first choice switch to ) justifying the change to Combivir. I have two questions...
- Posted: May 14, 2008
- Response: Ross Slotten, M.D.
- I recently had sex with a post-op transexual. She had a sex change surgery. We had unprotected sex. Vaginal only, not anal. I was wondering if the risk of transmitting HIV or other STDs is higher or lower in this scenerio.
- Posted: May 13, 2008
- Response: Octavio Vallejo, M.D.
- If a person has sex with someone who has full blown AIDS will the uninfected person get full blown AIDS or will he become HIV positive?
- Posted: May 6, 2008
- Response: Octavio Vallejo, M.D.
- Why is the inside of the mouth considered a mucous membrane that can absorb HIV, but the labia minora are not, and are considered to be skin folds?
- Posted: May 5, 2008
- Response: John Barrow, M.D.
- I had one time unprotected intercourse with a girl of unknown status. I had chlamydia later and I can't sleep due to worry of HIV. Am I at real risk of HIV because she gave me chlamydia?
- Posted: April 30, 2008
- Response: Octavio Vallejo, M.D.
- My partner and I have been donating Plasma for about three weeks. Today I was informed that I tested positive for Anti-Hiv 1/2 EIA. They told me that thier test results were only about 70% acurate.
- Posted: April 28, 2008
- Response: Trevor Hawkins, M.D.
- I had unprotected oral sex in which the guy ejaculated in my mouth, and I do not know his HIV status. 6 days later my throat became sore and my one tonsil was swollen with white stuff on it. Is it possible that I have an HIV infection instead?? What is the risk that I contracted HIV from him?
- Posted: April 25, 2008
- Response: Mark Katz, M.D.
- My finance is taking Sustiva with other drugs, and I asked if he has AIDS. He strongly denies having AIDS, and just says he has a rare form of leukemia and COPD. I am skeptical of this and don't want to have unprotected sex with him. Can you tell me if this drug is used for anything other than HIV?
- Posted: April 9, 2008
- Response: John Barrow, M.D.
- I have a 16 year old newly bisexual male friend. Just the other day he was making out with his boyfriend. And by making out I mean deeply kissing. I am very scared that he might get HIV or some other disease. Can he get HIV or some other disease from just kissing him? I am very scared for him.
- Posted: April 9, 2008
- Response: Mark Katz, M.D.
- I have a problem w/my live in boyfriend-been together having unprotected sex for over a year. Over this time his health has diminished. I find myself trying to attribute this decline to his having HIV.
- Posted: April 8, 2008
- Response: Trevor Hawkins, M.D.
- If a person has a negative HIV RNA test a two weeks after possible exposure (protected vaginal sex), a negative antibody and p24 antigen test at 4 weeks after, and negative antibody test at both 6 and 8 weeks after, can he assume that he is negative or does he need to continue to test?
- Posted: March 25, 2008
- Response: Mark Katz, M.D.
- I have been glued to this website for almost 4 months now, every since I performed oral on an anonymous male 15.5 weeks ago. I won't bore you with the symptoms I experienced, they could or could not have been ARS, and as you state so frequently, symptoms are never reliable. Onto my question...
- Posted: March 25, 2008
- Response: Mark Katz, M.D.
- I performed oral sex on a guy I just met and a couple of days later I got a sore area on the soft palette of my mouth which seemed to have small bumps which I cannot see but an feel with my tongue. I can't shake this and it has been nearly 3 months now. I'm now taking another antibiotic but it also doesn't seem to be helping. Could I have contracted HIV? What tests should I ask for?
- Posted: January 15, 2008
- Response: Peter Shalit, M.D.
- I have been on Stocrin and Kivexa for 7 months now. I am a 46 y.o. male. My cd4 was 209, VL 49000, cd4% 14. After 7 months my cd4 is 267 VL 0, cd4% 17. Anything to worry about here?
- Posted: January 14, 2008
- Response: John Barrow, M.D.
- I am an African male who was diagnosed six months ago. My CD4 cell count was 319 and about three months ago it had improved to 428. I am currently not on HIV meds but have been exercising a lot, eating correct & taking some immune support supplements (ie, Phytogard).
- Posted: January 14, 2008
- Response: Octavio Vallejo, M.D.
- I am long term survivor (diagnosed in 1985) male, 44 yrs old. I have been on meds since 1996 when my counts were around 300. My first combination of 3tc d4t failed after a year. Since then I have not experienced virological failure of any drug. In 2004 I suffered a heart attack...
- Posted: January 14, 2008
- Response: Daniel Lee, M.D.
- I was just checking to see if I should ask my doctor to take me off my meds for a year.
- Posted: January 7, 2008
- Response: Trevor Hawkins, M.D.
- I had been diagnosed with HIV for 13 years and with chronic hepatitis B for a few years. Fisrt, it was thought the symptoms were due to the uncontrolled hep b, but then they discovered coinfection with hep c.
- Posted: January 2, 2008
- Response: Donna Sweet, M.D., MACP
- hago una felación a un chico, al principio de la relación, sin preservativo, no noté que haya segregado nada, o por lo menos yo no lo noté. después eyaculó al cabo de los veinte o veinticinco minutos sobre su vientre.
- Posted: December 30, 2007
- Response: Octavio Vallejo, M.D.
- I just started to date a great woman in a protected heterosexual relationship. She was up front and told me she was HIV positive.
- Posted: December 10, 2007
- Response: Mark Katz, M.D.
- I have been diagnosed with AIDS for 18 years and have been gone through most treatment options. During the past 6 months I have developed cardiac problems that first led to my getting 3 stents in an artery and last month, having double bypass surgery in a main artery leading to the one that had previously been stented.
- Posted: December 1, 2007
- Response: Daniel Lee, M.D.
- Has there been any documented cases of HIV from someone spitting in the face of another person with blood in the saliva or not? I cannot find any literature on either scenarios.
- Posted: November 30, 2007
- Response: Daniel Bowers, M.D.
- When an HIV person becomes pregnant they are instantly are put on anti viral which brings the HIV level down to an undetectable level. So why is breastfeeding not encouraged?
- Posted: November 23, 2007
- Response: Donna Sweet, M.D. , MACP
- I found out about my HIV+ status 2 years back when I was 4 months pregnant, my CD4 count was found to be 600, I was healthy throughout my pregnancy and never had any complications until recently.
- Posted: November 20, 2007
- Response: Trevor Hawkins, M.D.
- I am a 29 year old HIV+ male. Unfortunately, what started out as casual encounters over the course of a few weeks has turned into something meaningful. We had protected sex and the subject of past partners or HIV status never came up.
- Posted: November 6, 2007
- Response: Trevor Hawkins, M.D.
- I am a 36 yr. old female who had unprotected vaginal sex on September 24th, 2007, for approximately 2-3 minutes (came to my senses and asked him to stop) as I realized his past history is unknown to me. I am already in panic mode most of every day and there is not a minute that goes by that I do not think about what I've done and how stupid I've been.
- Posted: October 24, 2007
- Response: Donna Sweet, M.D.
- About 3 weeks ago I was giving my partner a blowjob. He has HIV but it is undetectable. I only realised after we had finished that I had a cut in my mouth when I went to the bathroom. What are the risks here?
- Posted: October 23, 2007
- Response: Mark Katz, M.D.
- Is having thrush contagious? Can it be passed on by kissing, etc.?
- Posted: October 22, 2007
- Response: John Barrow, M.D.
- What is the acronym HAART? What meds cause the dreaded "humpback"? What meds are associated with Lipodistrophy?
- Posted: October 22, 2007
- Response: Octavio Vallejo, M.D.
- If someone was tested 4 times within 5 months and came back negative for HIV but had general herpes, respiratory infections and a CD4 of 200 and died 2 weeks after the final test, what would cause the negative results if he did have HIV? I understand the Window period but how can someone go from HIV w/o antibodies to AIDS in 5 months and have negative results?
- Posted: October 17, 2007
- Response: Daniel Lee, M.D.
- I am totally baffled. I am a 38 year old male. My girlfriend whom I went out with for eight years was HIV Positive and has now developed full blown AIDS. We slept together regularly. I went for an HIV test last week and was told my results indicated I am negative.
- Posted: October 17, 2007
- Response: Daniel Bowers, M.D.
- Is it possible to get infected by someone biting my lips hard enough to make them bleed while kissing me?
- Posted: October 8, 2007
- Response: Mark Katz, M.D.
- I am a second year medical student and I was wondering if you knew the name of the gene that allows for drug resistance against HIV??
- Posted: October 8, 2007
- Response: John Barrow, M.D.
- I am an intern who got stuck while trying to place a central line in a severly ill patient during a code (which the patient did not survive). After getting stuck we sent off the basic labs: Hep C Ab - negative, and Hiv1 Ab - negative using the Genetic Systems HIV-1 PLUS O EIA (which I think is a 3rd generation test), and HIV2 Ab- negative.
- Posted: September 30, 2007
- Response: Donna Sweet, M.D.
- My husband has been on Combivir and Stocrin for a year now and I have to wonder if some of his side effects are due to the meds ;he has recently developed indigestion after every meal, has an itchy body, and when he scratches he leaves the black patches all over the area and these marks don't disappear.
- Posted: September 20, 2007
- Response: Octavio Vallejo, M.D.
- I am terrified out of my mind and I can't stop thinking about it!!! This is the situation: November 2006 I was attacked by someone who tried to rape me. I was scared though because I bit him that I may have contracted HIV.
- Posted: September 19, 2007
- Response: John Barrow, M.D.
- I work in a dental office and yesterday I was removing used instruments to bring in to be sterilized. This morning, I noticed a scratch on one of my fingers and I cannot remember how or when I got it. I'm freaking out because I am worried that I was hit by an instrument. There was blood on it and the thing that scares me to death is the patient is HIV+.
- Posted: September 19, 2007
- Response: Mark Katz, M.D.
- The drugs my nurse prescribed to me, are a combination of Lamivudine, Stavudine, and Efavirenz. Please tell me the correct time schedule for swallowing those drugs.
- Posted: September 19, 2007
- Response: John Barrow, M.D.
- ...can it be concluded with near certainty that anyone whose tests consistently reflect a normal cd4/cd8 ratio (approx. 4 years or more post HIV exposure) is HIV negative , particularly with both cd4 and cd8 absolute, and percentages counts within the normal values ranges for healthy individuals?
- Posted: September 7, 2007
- Response: Peter Shalit, M.D.
- I am a resident of Mumbai, India and a very close friend of mine is HIV+ with CD4 count of 196. She is not on any kind of therapy and is in relatively good health. Is it true that once we start the therapy it cannot be stopped? Is it true that there are very bad side effects of the available antiretroviral therapies?
- Posted: September 7, 2007
- Response: John Barrow, M.D.
- Chances of gonorrhea and HIV coinfection? I'm a heterosexual male, and about 12 days ago, I had a unprotected sex with a female sex worker in Shanghai. On the 8th day after the encounter, I was diagnosed with gonorrhea. My question is, assuming the female sex worker was HIV+, what are my chances of contracting HIV if I have also gotten gonorrhea from her?
- Posted: September 5, 2007
- Response: Ross Slotten, M.D.
- Yesterday, I had a gentleman come over that I met on an internet site. We have been talking for months and I figured we could meet for some oral sex. He came in and we started doing our thing. After, I remembered that I had my wisdom teeth out July 12, the sockets had healed I still have a piece of bone poking through my gums. He told me that he was clean and had been tested for HIV two weeks ago and was negative. What is the likelihood that I got HIV? Should I get tested?
- Posted: September 4, 2007
- Response: Mark Katz, M.D.
- I have been HIV+ for at least 15 years. My doctor has me on a drug holiday, since November 2005. Given all that, what should I do if a condom ever breaks? Do the post-exposure rules apply to me, just like everyone else? I have some left-over cocktail meds that I could use.
- Posted: September 4, 2007
- Response: Trevor Hawkins , M.D.
- I have been living out of my home country for 3 years. I fully abstained during these three years. I asked my wife that we do the routine HIV test. Unfortunately, she turned out to be HIV positive. I turned out to be negative. However, I had had sex with her at least nine times without protection.
- Posted: September 4, 2007
- Response: John Barrow, M.D.
- Can you please tell me how the strands (or strains?) of the HIV virus are different??
- Posted: August 15, 2007
- Response: John Barrow , M.D.
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