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2006-07-22 09:42:49 · 13 answers · asked by Vanessa W 2 in Health Diseases & Conditions Infectious Diseases

this isn't for me its for my friend who got an abusive mother and also had a test about a month ago

2006-07-22 09:51:54 · update #1

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consult a skin doctor

2006-07-22 09:45:23 · answer #1 · answered by Innovator 1 · 0 2

See a doctor and get tested for HIV. You can do that at clinics where you will be given a number and your identity remains confidential. If you test positive, you will be counseled. You must have had unprotected sex or shared IV drug works with someone you are suspicious about or know has this virus. Otherwise, why would you first think about HIV when skin blotches can be anything: overexposure to the sun, allergy to food or detergent, sensitivity to facial cleansing products, and the list goes on.
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) has three stages: Dormant, but present (low viral load without symptoms) AND passable to others, ARC (Aids Related Complex - nightsweats, diarreah, unexplained fevers are some symptoms) and full blown Aids (Acquired Immune Deficiency Symdrome) where Karposi's Sarcoma (spots that are rare cancerous lesions) and many other normally immunity defeated viral infections can take over the body due to a compromised or virtually non-existant immune system.
The virus is wimpy and will die outside the body within seconds. It is next to impossible to contract HIV without exchange of body fluids, although taking precautions about handling blood and other body fluids is a good idea for many other medical reasons.
You need to have a test and educate yourself more about this virus. Many people who have it live full and productive lives. I have a cousin who has had it for 20 years! He works out for an hour a day, takes his medication as prescribed and avoids risky sexual behavior. He is living a full life and is a happy, well adjusted person.
We have come very far both socially and medically (in terms of treatment options) from the initial outbreak scares and panic people felt about this disease. Yes, it can be fatal, but so can a lot of other medical conditions.
Good luck. Remember, Knowledge is POWER!

2006-07-22 10:21:05 · answer #2 · answered by Chris 5 · 0 0

In drugs, you may want to bypass first with what's the most obtrusive and uncomplicated component to ensue, and then even if it is not it, you bypass searching for rarer ailments. you'll might want to be a poor medical professional in case you tell someone who obviously has a cold that he has Tay-Sachs syndrome. rather if that man or woman isn't of Ashkenazi descent. bypass with the obtrusive, she probably has an allergic reaction to some unknown substance she were given uncovered to interior the medical institution. Ask her if she has hypersensitive reactions with cleansing products or latex or some thing like that first. In a lesser probably situation, she may have shriveled some airborne sickness interior the medical institution (heck, it is the only position you'll get Pseudomona aeruginosa micro organism). Has she ever had chickenpox or has she been vaccinated antagonistic to it? The virus may be airborne and it is can develop into rather severe if she shriveled the sickness being an man or woman. it must be a bacterial pores and skin an infection like impetigo that could be actual dealt with. it isn't any longer as trouble-free for someone to get HIV as people imagine, the virus is amazingly fragile even as uncovered outdoors interior the enviroment. If she noted the needles being opened from sterile programs and they were only used on her, it must be a very loopy tale if she in a roundabout way were given HIV that way. Plus, besides the actuality that if that ought to of exceeded off (like a million in 1000000000?), the virus would not coach those sorts of symtoms that quickly. It takes countless days for the early indications to seem and it is typically a very nasty chilly. then you honestly ought to spend over 5-6 years feeling superb till you commence stricken by AIDS.

2016-10-15 02:14:46 · answer #3 · answered by chardip 4 · 0 0

I need to know what these spots look like and if they are associated with anything else like fever, chills, etc. Also, is there a reason why you think you have HIV? The only spots I can think of in HIV infections are Koplik's sarcoma which occur after you develop AIDS but these occur all over your body.

While HIV does make you more susceptible to certain conditions like seborrheic dermatitis, I don't think this is what you're referring to.

2006-07-22 09:45:31 · answer #4 · answered by Eddie 3 · 0 0

that depends....do you have hiv?? if youre not sure and think you might, please get tested!!! if you know you dont, go to a dermatogolist cause spots on your face could mean anything from something serious to just sun damage.

2006-07-22 09:46:40 · answer #5 · answered by Lola P 6 · 0 0

red spots appear later in hiv infection...

2006-07-22 09:46:11 · answer #6 · answered by musi 3 · 0 0

She should just see a Doctor , then you know for sure. If money is a problem try your local health department

2006-07-22 10:16:07 · answer #7 · answered by jingles_200 6 · 0 0

Maybe not...

Sometimes lots of mercury can cause it too, check if you used any make ups that contain high mercury...

You should contact your dermatologist too...

2006-07-22 09:53:28 · answer #8 · answered by belle_chocolatiere 4 · 0 0

of course it is.


now pat yourself on the back for being so smart.

2006-07-22 09:46:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

no it could just be sun spots

2006-07-22 09:45:51 · answer #10 · answered by A soldiers wife 4 · 0 0

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