hiv colon polyps

[settingsun]

hi i am a 34 year old male from the uk i have recently had a flex sigmoidoscopy after approx 4-5 years of slight rectal bleeding, upon which they found a polyp, i now have to go back on the 31st august for a full colonoscopy and to remove the polyp, the nurse practitioner said it was unusually large for someone my age, this got me thinking back to a potentially risky short term relationship i had with a girl i was lead to belive was promiscuous 9 years ago, my question is after 9 years of zero symptoms would is the possibility of there polys begin caused by hiv infection? i have read people with hiv are more likely to get polyps and crc?

thanks a lot

[Vance2335]

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[settingsun]

i have seen there have been studys saying that polyps are more frequent in people with hiv? is this correct? thanks again

[joggen]

Advanced HIV infection can make a person more susceptible to cancer, but there would be a lot more going on with you if you had the infection for nine years- you would most likely be very sick or even dead. I would place HIV infection as the least likely of possible causes for your polyp- from what you describe you sound like you are at very low risk for HIV. Of course the best way to rule out HIV is just have a blood test. A much better bet than HIV would be a genetic origin, and there are tests for that as well.

[Teak]

HIV doesn't cause polyps.