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Dr. Georges Karam Psychiatry
HIV can present itself as anxiety however it is easy to differentiate them as in HIV a blood test will confirm the diagnosis.
When a patient suffers from panic attack for example, a medical work up is performed. HIV testing is not routinely asked but if the patient or physician have suspicions (such as following blood transfusions, unprotected intercourse, IV drug use, recent tattoo…), then HIV can be checked.
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Dr. Mostafa Odeh Psychiatry
1. Anxiety is a very common symptom. it is experienced by normal people and by people suffering from any medical or psychiatric illness including AIDS. So, it doesn’t make sense to think that someone who has Anxiety might be suffering from AIDS.
And what usually happens is that when the patient knows that he is AIDS positive , he becomes anxious and may develop somatic symptoms ,nervousness ,tremors ,gastrointestinal, disturbances( diarrhea, nausea) or visual impairments. Such symptoms can result from HIV illness, anxiety, or both
Reactions to being HIV-positive rarely result in specific anxiety disorders such as phobias, generalized anxiety disorder, or panic disorder. A form of posttraumatic stress disorder has been described.
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