Treatment of hiv related skin rashes depends on the cause.
Arv skin rash.
A rash is common during the course of an hiv infection and the causes can be as varied as the rashes themselves many people will use the term hiv rash to describe a cutaneous skin outbreak that occurs as a result of a new infection.
Another possible cause of a rash that develops when someone has hiv is a reaction to a medication.
In fact a rash is one of the most common side effects of antiretroviral arv medications used to treat hiv.
Arv naive with a higher cd4 count 250 cells mm 3 in women.
Rashes caused by reactions to medication.
Learn about over 20 of them here from types of dermatitis to infections such as shingles and warts.
Occurs in 4 of patients on average with a range of 2 5 to 11.
400 cells mm 3 in men.
Rashes that develop due to hiv medications are usually not serious.
Hiv increases the risk for a number of skin conditions that can lead to rashes sores and lesions.
Flu like symptoms including nausea vomiting myalgia fatigue fever abdominal pain and jaundice with or without skin rash that may progress to hepatic failure with encephalopathy.
If it s because of a drug stopping it should make the rash go away.