HIV/AIDS and infective mononucleosis Posted: 06-06-08 03:24am
4yrs ago I had sex with a man (don't know
his hiv status) and after 6 1/2months I
had warts.So I got tested for any STD
including HIV at 7 months after
exposure.the hiv test came back
negative.during the 3 weeks while awaiting
the test results I started feeling sick
with fever, sore throat and swollen glands
in the neck, felt tired all over for the
next 5 weeks and took antibitotics which
didn't help, but i still went to work and
my fever used to be about 100. In the mean
time the hiv test came back and it was
negative.So I went to the doc to see what
was causing the fever, soar throat,
tiredness etc. he said it could be
glandular fever and he conducted some
blood tests.after 3weeks all tests came
negative except one which was positive and
the doc said it was from the virus.now my
question is could hiv have appeared in the
glandular fever results? now 4yrs passed
and I've been sick for nearly 2months with
something like tonsilitis which keeps
returning after taking antibiotics.im
worie
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HIV and AIDS Answer A4256 Posted: 06-10-08 18:29pm
HIV/AIDS and glandular fever (mono,
infective mononucleosis) are two
completely different infective diseases.
The only common thing for both diseases is
that they are caused by viruses that
attack the immune system. AIDS is caused
by Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and
mono is caused by Epstein-Barr virus
(EBV). HIV attacks the T-lymphocytes and
EBV attacks the B-lymphocytes. They also
have certain similar symptoms like fever,
swollen lymph glands, susceptibility to
various infections, etc. But beside these
few similarities they are completely
different diseases. Mono is basically a
self-limiting condition that ends with
spontaneous recovery in most of the cases.
In a very little percentage of infected
the infection causes chronic fatigue
syndrome, reoccurring infection or various
rare types of tumors (Burkitt’s lymphoma
and pharyngeal carcinoma). On the other
hand HIV/AIDS is a chronic infection that
always ends with death.
Both diseases are diagnosed by detecting
specific antibodies in the blood. If HIV
appeared positive in the tests, another,
more precise, control test would be done
to confirm or exclude HIV-infection for
sure.
You can request microbiological
examination of a throat sample to identify
the infective agent in the throat and to
choose a proper antibiotic.
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