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Cold and cough with red boils with and without white tops and full of itching. is this hiv? im very scared!
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Need to get checked: A health provider needs to look at this rash and do a thorough evaluation to see what you have. It sounds like an infection, but this could be chicken pox or other infections. Not something to try to treat yourself.
Answered 10/8/2013
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Sounds like Staph: Boils, if that is what these are, are generally due to a bacteria, staph aureus. This may need to be treated with antibiotics if there are multiple. See a doctor and get this looked at and diagnosed. It is not probable that this is a manifestation of HIV disease, but since you are concerned about this it sounds as if you are at risk. Everybody should be tested. You can go to health department.
Answered 6/10/2014
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