{"id":4819,"date":"2011-09-30T13:22:38","date_gmt":"2011-09-30T13:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=4819"},"modified":"2011-09-30T13:22:38","modified_gmt":"2011-09-30T13:22:38","slug":"i-am-newly-diagnosed-with-hiv-and-have-behcets-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/4819","title":{"rendered":"I am newly diagnosed with HIV and have Behcet's disease?"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the information you included it sounds like you do have HIV. I’m sorry about this and I hope you are getting support to understand about this new aspect of your health.<\/p>\n

Although there is not a lot of research about people with both HIV and Behcet’s disease, cases have been reported. The medical review at this link suggest that both infections is rare. It also comments that just because case are rare, this doesn’t mean there may not be a link – just that there is so little information to go on.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.ima.org.il\/imaj\/ar06jul-19.pdf<\/a> (PDF file)<\/span><\/p>\n

Both your HIV doctor and Behcet’s doctor should talk to each other if there are problems (and if these are different people). HIV should always be treated by someone who has experience in treating HIV positive people, and this person may take a more detailed interest in your history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

recently tested positive for HIV. I am a little sceptical of the diagnosis because several years ago I was diagnosed with a rare auto-immune disease called Bechets. I’ve worked very hard to not be a sick person trying to eat healthy and exercise. My fatigue and joint pain has been consistent and has been escalating. I actually went to the doctor to talk about my worsening pain. I was surprised to get a positive HIV test result. The same day I had blood taken for the test I was give a Tdap vaccine and a flu vaccine. This was about 2 weeks ago.<\/p>\n

I have just had my viral load and Tcell count taken and it was 650 and 1000 respectively. So there is a virus in me right?<\/p>\n

Of course I am upset about being diagnosed with HIV but I am more concerned for my overall health. My doctor is not making any link with my previous condition, or the vaccines, and all of these test results. This HIV diagnosis has serious implications.<\/p>\n

How can I be sure I’m not fighting something else that would also explain my previous symptoms. It seems a bit more logical to me. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-newly-diagnosed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4819\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}