[1852] in Depressing_Thoughts
Re: Sick
henry@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (henry@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sun Feb 10 09:28:54 1991
specifically, Kaposi's Sarcoma is a skin cancer ... one of the most
visible signs of HIV infection (it occurs outside HIV-infected
populations, but that is fairly unusual).
imagine a small blotch about twice the size of a conventional
zit ... only it's irregularly-shaped and a *dark* deep purple,
almost like a micro-bruise. now imagine more than one of these,
usually on the face, hands, and forearms (again, KS does occur
elsewhere on the body, but HIV-infected people often see it first
on hands and/or face).
before HIV testing, this was the way that many people found out
they were HIV-infected.
following this for all too long (since it was GRiD),
-- henry
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