what are some of the first symptoms of hiv the aids related virus?

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In many individuals there would be no symptoms initially. In some others there would be flu like symptoms...loose motion...fever...etc. which soon disappear on its own and person enters into asymptomatic phase. Symptom again appear when clients face transition from HIV to AIDS  (+ info)

What are the fallacies in the arguments of "AIDS dissidents"?

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A number of people have been posting on Yahoo Answers in the STD section to promote their viewpoint that HIV is not the cause of AIDS.

This is certainly not the view of the vast majority of health professionals and scientists.

I have noticed some patterns in the arguments of AIDS dissidents.

One is to call virtually any illness in a person who has HIV, "AIDS". Another is to call all immune dysfunctions or opportunistic infections "AIDS" whether or not the person has HIV.

Describing clinical syndromes as "AIDS" when they do not conform to the actual diagnostic criteria for AIDS is mischievous.

In fairness to the dissidents, they do point out that many patients in some parts of Africa diagnosed as having AIDS have, in fact, been misdiagnosed. The problem here is that the diagnostic criteria used in areas where accurate pathological testing is not available may be too broad.

However this is very different to saying that HIV is not the cause of cause of AIDS.
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Jean P, I was puzzled about your eccentric reference numbering system until I realised that you cut and pasted virtually your entire answer from http://www.sickofdoctors.addr.com/articles/top100_aids_inconsistencies.htm

......Now I'll never know!
The dissidents use many logical fallacies, but more often they just use bold lies:

1) The virus has not been isolated.
It has been. There are thousands of isolates of HIV-1 and HIV-2 that have been studied in labs all over the world.

Rodriguez MA, Chen Y, Craigo JK, Chatterjee R, Ratner D, Tatsumi M, Roy P, Neogi D, Gupta P.
Construction and characterization of an infectious molecular clone of HIV-1 subtype A of Indian origin.
Virology. 2006 Feb 20;345(2):328-36. Epub 2005 Nov 9.
PMID: 16289184

Hsu M, Ho SH, Balfe P, Gettie A, Harouse J, Blanchard J, Cheng-Mayer C.
A CCR5-tropic simian-HIV molecular clone capable of inducing AIDS in rhesus macaques.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2005 Dec 1;40(4):383-7.
PMID: 16280691

Johnston E, Dupnik KM, Gonzales MJ, Winters MA, Rhee SY, Imamichi T, Shafer RW.
Panel of prototypical infectious molecular HIV-1 clones containing multiple nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor resistance mutations.
AIDS. 2005 Apr 29;19(7):731-3.
PMID: 15821401

etc...

2) AIDS is not well studied in Africa, they just use the Bangui definition.
Wrong:

Bjorndal A, Sonnerborg A, Tscherning C, Albert J, Fenyo EM.
Phenotypic characteristics of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 subtype C isolates of Ethiopian AIDS patients.
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 1999 May 1;15(7):647-53.
PMID: 10331443

Audu RA, Salu OB, Musa AZ, Onyewuche J, Funso-Adebayo EO, Iroha EO, Ezeaka VC, Adetifa IM, Okoeguale B, Idigbe EO.
Estimation of the rate of mother to child transmission of HIV in Nigeria.
Afr J Med Med Sci. 2006 Jun;35(2):121-4.
PMID: 17209305

Li M, Salazar-Gonzalez JF, Derdeyn CA, Morris L, Williamson C, Robinson JE, Decker JM, Li Y, Salazar MG, Polonis VR, Mlisana K, Karim SA, Hong K, Greene KM, Bilska M, Zhou J, Allen S, Chomba E, Mulenga J, Vwalika C, Gao F, Zhang M, Korber BT, Hunter E, Hahn BH, Montefiori DC.
Genetic and neutralization properties of subtype C human immunodeficiency virus type 1 molecular env clones from acute and early heterosexually acquired infections in Southern Africa.
J Virol. 2006 Dec;80(23):11776-90. Epub 2006 Sep 13.
PMID: 16971434

etc...

3) The antiretroviral therapies do not extend the lives of people infected with HIV.
Yes, they do:

Lima VD, Hogg RS, Harrigan PR, Moore D, Yip B, Wood E, Montaner JS.
Continued improvement in survival among HIV-infected individuals with newer forms of highly active antiretroviral therapy.
AIDS. 2007 Mar 30;21(6):685-92.
PMID: 17413689

Hogg RS, Heath KV, Yip B, Craib KJ, O'Shaughnessy MV, Schechter MT, Montaner JS.
Improved survival among HIV-infected individuals following initiation of antiretroviral therapy.
JAMA. 1998 Feb 11;279(6):450-4.
PMID: 9466638

Kohli R, Lo Y, Howard AA, Buono D, Floris-Moore M, Klein RS, Schoenbaum EE.
Mortality in an urban cohort of HIV-infected and at-risk drug users in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy.
Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Sep 15;41(6):864-72. Epub 2005 Aug 16.
PMID: 16107987

etc...  (+ info)

Does anyone know the condition lipodystrophy but not the aids related one?

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Not the insulin injection one, thats secondary localized lipodystrophy. I mean congenital primary lipodystrophy.
is it the one related to injecting insulin or and other medication?  (+ info)

Is Hpv warts and yeast infections related?

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I was just wondering if you have hpv warts, can that also trigger a yeast infection and Bacterial Infection too, becuase it may cause a change in you vagina PH?

just wondering if anyone had this problem ??
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Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV/AIDS?

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1. What conditions are caused by the herps simplex virus?
2.Briefly describe the stages of untreated syphilis
3.Would you consider the effort to educate high school students about HIV and AIDS to be successful? Why or why not?
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What are opportunistic infections?

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In our bodies, we carry many germs - bacteria, protozoa, fungi, and viruses. When our immune system is working, it controls these germs. But when the immune system is weakened by HIV disease or by some medications, these germs can get out of control and cause health problems.

Infections that take advantage of weakness in the immune defenses are called "opportunistic". The phrase "opportunistic infection" is often shortened to "OI".  (+ info)

Why do AIDS children be isolated from those who have had Poliomyelitis?

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AIDS children are risky of developing opportunistic infections.
Because Aids affects their immune system so they're not able to fight other infections. So they would be at risk of developing Polio.  (+ info)

aids related lymphoma cancer?

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Is there a chance that my brother could survive aids related lymphoma cancer. He just started CHOP chemo last week. Has anyone gone through this? He has a very bad limp and leg pain in the right leg and foot.
I’m so sorry you and your brother are going through this. A lot depends on if he has full-blown AIDS or only HIV. As I’m sure you know there is no cure for either, but we can manage HIV. There are many people who have HIV/AIDS associated lymphoma unfortunately it is fairly common. I’m sorry to say the median survival is approximately 5 to 8 months, 10 to 20% survive disease-free for longer than 2 years but long-term survival is rare. These patients require specialized care over and above patients with lymphoma only. Your brother should be treated at a teaching facility where they are likely to have more experience in these cases. Best wishes to you both.  (+ info)

Can tonsillitis be an AIDS related symptom?

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Can tonsillitis be an AIDS related symptom
Well.........probably not, however, have you been in a position were you think you may have been exposed to HIV?
Oh, btw, HIV is a pre-cursor to AIDS. Just to edumacate you a little bit.

And, if you're THAT worried about AIDS, maybe you should have used a condom?  (+ info)

how can AIDS lead to an opportunistic infection?

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AIDS destroys your immune system, leaving your body wide open to infections. Opportunistic means any little thing that comes along can wreak havok on your body.  (+ info)

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