2022-01-10T16:40:06
RASH IN HIV
In my practice i often come across patients comming to my clinic due to rash or itching on hands and legs and their question is that is the rash a symptom of hiv.
while rash can be a sign of early hiv it is more likely due to some allergy to drugs or some infection.
DRUGS like Bactrim ds can cause rash and infections like herpes (viral), tenia (fungal) can also cause rash.
So if you have rash and if u had any high risk exposure recently its always better to rule out HIV as a cause of rash by doing appropriate tests to rule out HIV.