Does someone w/aids can survive a kidney infection?!
Question:
Does someone w/aids can survive a kidney infection?
my brother has aids, he didnt take any treatment for a year and he was just diagnose with kidney infection and a severe anemia. do you know anyone who has survive something like this?
Answers:
There are ongoing studies of HIV patients and kidney failure/infections. It seems that is is relatively common for HIV sufferers to have or develop kidney problems. Here is a site addressing clinical trials for the HIV Kidney problem: http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/show/nc...
Here is another related article from the Mayo Clinic. It basically is about Kidney infections, but there is some comment on how HIV can affect the kidney. http://www.cnn.com/health/library/ds/005...
The prognosis isn't bad, but it is not exactly good either. It depends on your brother's state of mind and how hard he is willing to work for his own cure for the kidney infection. There are some fine doctors out there. I would say that not being treated for a year is not the best choice he could have made. Sounds like he may also be depressed.