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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Herpes / October 2005hiv and herpes
if a person has herpes and hiv wouldn't the herpes be worse and more frequent? Yes. What keeps herpes in check is the immune system. If a person has a disease that affects the immune system, then the herpes virus may go crazy. As a matter-of-fact, people with both HIV and herpes need to be on medication and be rather careful. ar >if a person has herpes and hiv wouldn't the herpes be worse and more frequent? Hmmm...now I'm thinking that there might be a very definite difference between HIV and AIDS. AIDS would be a baaaaaaad problem for those with herpes. But perhaps a well managed case of HIV wouldn't be so bad?? ar >Yes. What keeps herpes in check is the immune system. If a person has a >disease that affects the immune system, then the herpes virus may go crazy. As [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >>if a person has herpes and hiv wouldn't the herpes be worse and more frequent? So you do not necessarily have to have aids to notice more outbreaks etc? Meaning hiv does not necessarily have to advance to aids for the hsv virus to become more frequent etc...?? >Yes. What keeps herpes in check is the immune system. If a person has a >disease that affects the immune system, then the herpes virus may go crazy. As [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >>if a person has herpes and hiv wouldn't the herpes be worse and more frequent? Hi Rainrainrain ~ > So you do not necessarily have to have aids to notice more outbreaks etc? No, and you don't necessarily have more herpes outbreaks just because you have HIV or AIDS. It just depends on what's going on with the individual, the medications they are taking, and where they are at at that moment. > Meaning hiv does not necessarily have to advance to aids for the hsv virus > to > become more frequent etc...?? In some cases herpes outbreaks will be common and in other cases they won't be so common. Each person is different. Hang in there, Angela ;-)  SignatureThe STD Resource Network - by Those Who Live It! Sites by Angela http://www.yoshi2me.com/ http://www.herpes-help.blogspot.com/ Sites by Gayla http://www.herpesonline.org/ http://www.std-for-dummies.org/blog/ so if a person doesn't know they have hiv...this could be an idication? (more outbreaks, longer outbreaks etc?) >Yes. What keeps herpes in check is the immune system. If a person has a >disease that affects the immune system, then the herpes virus may go crazy. As [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >>if a person has herpes and hiv wouldn't the herpes be worse and more frequent? >so if a person doesn't know they have hiv...this could be an idication? (more >outbreaks, longer outbreaks etc?) I hesitate to answer that. Anyone suspecting that they have HIV or AIDS needs to see a doctor for testing. There are lots of things...LOTS OF THINGS that can cause the herpes virus to become more active than normal. ar Well the reason I ask is I am going in for my hiv results and trying to reassure my self that outbreaks would be more severe and lengthy..(from what I read) if it were positive...... >>so if a person doesn't know they have hiv...this could be an idication? (more >>outbreaks, longer outbreaks etc?) [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >ar >Well the reason I ask is I am going in for my hiv results and trying to >reassure my self that outbreaks would be more severe and lengthy..(from what >I read) if it were positive...... Ah, okay. :) Unfortunately, the only thing I can tell you is that nothing is definite. If someone is HIV positive and functioning well, then there might not be any difference at all. My cousin has been HIV positive for about 15 years and he has never gotten sick at all. Of course, I don't know if he has herpes. But, here's hoping for a negative... ar does he take medicine? >>Well the reason I ask is I am going in for my hiv results and trying to >>reassure my self that outbreaks would be more severe and lengthy..(from what [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >ar Hi Rainrainrain ~ > Well the reason I ask is I am going in for my hiv results and trying to > reassure my self that outbreaks would be more severe and lengthy..(from > what > I read) if it were positive...... Where are you reading all of this at? (I'm curious) Angela ;-) SignatureThe STD Resource Network - by Those Who Live It! Sites by Angela http://www.yoshi2me.com/ http://www.herpes-help.blogspot.com/ Sites by Gayla http://www.herpesonline.org/ http://www.std-for-dummies.org/blog/ Hi Rainrainrain ~ > so if a person doesn't know they have hiv...this could be an idication? > (more > outbreaks, longer outbreaks etc?) No, just because somebody has herpes outbreaks doesn't mean they have HIV or AIDS. Just to be clear these are very different sexually transmitted diseases. Frequency and Intensity of herpes outbreaks varies from person to person no matter what shape their health is in.. some will have more outbreaks than others and some will not have that many outbreaks, etc. Hang in there, Angela ;-) SignatureThe STD Resource Network - by Those Who Live It! Sites by Angela http://www.yoshi2me.com/ http://www.herpes-help.blogspot.com/ Sites by Gayla http://www.herpesonline.org/ http://www.std-for-dummies.org/blog/ >if a person has herpes and hiv wouldn't the herpes be worse and more frequent? If the HIV infection has progressed to the stage of AIDS, then yes, the symptoms of *any* additional infection would be worse. M2 <---- not a doctor nor an expert on HIV but that's what would make sense to me. And I am sure there are other alot of things that can make it worse and more frequent such as stress, lack of sleep, poor diet, little or no exercise, illness like flu and colds, certain foods that have high arginine ratios. I did and had all of these when I had my really bad outbreaks last winter. Now I am pretty much guilty of only the stress and not enough exercise. I still get frequent outbreaks...1-2 a month, but not as bad at all. My outbreaks last 3-5 days now with minimal lesions and barely noticeable. > >if a person has herpes and hiv wouldn't the herpes be worse and more frequent? > > If the HIV infection has progressed to the stage of AIDS, then yes, > the symptoms of *any* additional infection would be worse. I just found out from another person that NO your herpes do not get worse if you have hiv..they can but they do not have to..... >if a person has herpes and hiv wouldn't the herpes be worse and more frequent? > herpes do not get worse if >you have hiv..they can but they do not have to..... Sounds like we all agree on it then. We still don't know the likelyhood, but I would think it would be just as likely as not. A friend of mine is a nurse who specializes in cancer patients. She once told me that her cancer patients who also have aids/herpes, tend to autoinnoculate themselves often (to their fingers mostly). M2. >>if a person has herpes and hiv wouldn't the herpes be worse and more frequent? Hi Rainrainrain ~ > if a person has herpes and hiv wouldn't the herpes be worse and more > frequent? Not necessarily ~ where did you hear that from? Hang in there, Angela ;-) SignatureThe STD Resource Network - by Those Who Live It! 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