Question
I am waking up with a dry mouth…
1 May 2024. Related: All topics, Newly diagnosed, Side effects.
Hi, I’m a 22 year old male, and I was recently diagnosed with HIV Positive. I’ve been on my ART Medications ever since. Recently, I’ve been having difficulty sleeping at night, because my entire mouth and outside lips dry up. So uncomfortably I have to wake up several times at night to drink water. Is this condition gonna stay with me for the rest of my life?
Answer
Hi, how are you doing?
Have you now started treatment and how are you adjusting to being HIV positive?
Do you know your current CD4 count and viral load?
If you have started, what is the name of the medication you are taking and what time of day do you take it?
Having a dry mouth is not a specifically HIV associated symptom. Have you spoken to your doctor about this and what have you tried to help?
Josh
Hi Maxwell, your results are conclusive. You do not have HIV and the symptoms you are currently experiencing are not the result of HIV.
Please see here for more information about testing and transmission: https://i-base.info/guides/testing
Hi I was exposed to hiv 4/6/2023 I had many symptoms related to hiv, I’m scared because i do hiv Elisa test at 1 month , 3 month, 6 months and 1 year still negative. But I still have symptoms
What can I do
Hi Pinkie, what is the problem you have of attending the clinic? and which country are in?
Have you had gaps in your treatment before? and do you know your current CD4 count/viral load?
Hi I have been living with HIV for the past 10 years. Now I have a problem of going to the public clinic to fetch my meds so now the ones I had are finished what should I do…