Question:
I currently have 4 conditions plaguing me and it dawned on me whether
the 3 conditions could be interrelated in any possible way.
First I am a 27 year old male, 195 lbs, about 5 pounds overweight on
fat, but not much more, I work out a lot and have substantial muscle
mass. I have a family history of heart disease and diabetes and I do
have a fairly low sugar metabolism which I have slowly increased over
the years with cardiovascular exercise and some adkins oriented eating.
I do work in a very high stress environment, so I am very regular
about getting exercise 5-6 times/week.
Here are my conditions:
1) Gingivitis -> I need to see a dentist to get deep cleaning as my
gums are sore and puffy. Is there something I can swish in my mouth
besides Listerine to kill the bacteria that is potentially lodged in my
gums?
2) Repeated Acne -> despite the use of a benzoyl peroxide cream and a
salicylic acid wash, I repeatedly get acne in my face. Always start as
red inflammations, that with a week of benzoyl peroxide cream, will
turn into a white pus filled pore, which I often pop with a small pin
to drain the pus.
3) Fungus on my big toenail -> have tried immersing the nail in
Listerine and Hydrogen peroxide, and painting the nail with Tea Tree
Oil 2-3 times a week. Not seeing a big difference. Anything different
I should do?
4) Somewhat completely mysteriously, I noticed one day that I had a
lesion/scar on my left arm that resembled a bite, but I couldn't
remember ever having been bitten. The scar is a red circle where the
skin is almost completely destroyed. The center of the circle is fine,
but the donut circle is completely scarred, and slowly new skin has
been growing in.
Answer:
With all due respect, get tested for AIDS.
What you describe could well be the symptoms of a weakened immune system.
If not AIDS, you could try the natural immunity boosters, get enough sleep,
vitamins (esp. C) etc.
Sounds to me like it could be diabetes. Do you test your blood sugars?
Get a HA1c test done, see an endocrinologist, get a fasting glucose
intolerance test. There are pre diabetic conditions (such as insulin
resistance).
But diabetics are vulnerable to dental and periodental problems (also
BRUSH YOUR GUMS AND USE FLOSS OR STIM U DENTS!!!). The fungus is
something diabetics get too.
With all due respect, can you please explain to me how gingivitis,
acne, and toenail fungus are related to HIV? Don't you think I'd be
experiencing far worse symptoms if I had HIV? The diabetic theory is a
possibility as I have a family history of diabetes and am very
sensitive to high carb meals. But seriously - I'm not a moron here
guys - I'm looking for real science - find me an article that says that
these conditions are symptions of HIV, I'll buy the hypothesis.
Lets make the assumption for a second I'm not going to die of AIDS,
what might be other reasons for these symptions - or are there OTC
products that might address multiple symptoms? Thank you for your
scientific help.
multiple infections and immuncompromised status can be one of many
immune deficiencies, like hypogammaglobulenemia, for example.
aquired (or late stage onset inherited) immunodeficencies, with the
exclusion of HIV/AIDS, as well as diabetes, are very hard to detect
because you are not going to have an easy answer illicited by an
antibody test. you need rigorous and thorough blood work, with
clinical evaluation, to come to this diagnosis.
analystresearch2: if you are worried that the "bite" is from a tick,
which is possible, then have a western blot anitibody test done at
igenex labs (www.igenex.com).
but an AIDS test and a diabetes test is a good start. to rule them out.
