..its a well known fact that HIV patients
will suffer form TB...but when will they
suffer..i mean ..after how many year being
infected form HIV they will suffer...ias
to my knowledge .. if a patient suffer
form Tb they will have CD4 less than 200
..is it true...??so can anyone say ...how
long being infected from HIV they will
suffer form Extra pulmonary TB??..i will
be keenly waiting for this
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Muthoni
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Eric_Eric. Posted: 05-05-08 22:35pm
The standard time line that I know shows
no symptoms for the first 7-10years. Then
symptoms start to show up in the next 5-7
years. Then the opportunistic illnesses
like TB and PCP (pneumonia) start to show
up. In third world countries, this time
line may not apply.
When I was told I had AIDS in 1993, I had
already finished the HIV time line and was
living with AIDS. In 1994/5, I suffered
TB. So I have had two AIDS defining
illness.
When the CD4 counts are lower than 200,
then a person is likely to get one or more
of the 25-29 opportunistic illnesses.
All the best
Mson
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homerx
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Posted: 05-06-08 11:07am
Wow...I didn't know about the TB....thank
you for informing me.
Here is a very informative website about
TB and HIV/AIDS
http://www.avert.org/tuber
culosis.htm
