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Message: <blockquote data-quote="diaglo" data-source="post: 2198217" data-attributes="member: 2885">insulin dependent diabetic here too... since april 1987.AIDS has so many other confounders... opportunistic infections like M. avium and M. tuberculosis and... so on...   they(the other infections) are included in the definition of AIDS... but not HIV infection. AIDS being the end stage of the illness.poorly controlled diabetics are also at a higher risk for some opportunistic infections. that is why a TST skin conversion is lower for someone with diabetes than one without. an obvious other infection is the flu. and why flu shots are recommended annually for diabetics.and why vaccinations are a good idea for other preventable diseases.and diet and exercise. and monitoring your blood sugar. and regular checkups. and...can't say that the article has done anything for me. but i've been at it a while. if i were newly diagnosed perhaps it would mean something.</blockquote>