Question

Does my neuroligist need to know that I am HIV-positive?

3 November 2007. Related: All topics, Opportunistic infections, Side effects.

I am taking ARVs for last 1.5 months.

From last one week I am feeling extremely weak & my left side of body is not co-ordinating.

Everthing else is fine. I can drive but i can’t walk. I feel so run down. My doctor suggesting to get a CT scan done. Is it necessary to disclose my HIV status to the neurologist to diagnose.

Please advise.

Answer

Answer: Simon Collins

Thanks for posting your question and letting us answer this online.

Without knowing which ARVs you are using it is not possible to discuss whether these symptoms – which sound difficult and important – are related to HIV or to HIV drugs.

Any neurological problem needs your HIV doctor to talk to the neurologist. This is a specialist area and both doctors need to consider the impact of HIV.

Has your doctor considered a complication of