A friend in need : I suspect she may be suffering from HIV infection...... Hi, I live in Papua New Guinea and a friend of mine is very sick in hospital with abdominal pain and the parents say she has got abdominal Tuberculosis . She is totally emaciated and I suspect she may be suffering from HIV infection, she is only 23. My concern is the tablets she has been given for treatment, they are Trimoxazole, Ferrous and Folic Acid and Chloramphenicol. When I research the tablets, none of them seem to relate to the tretament of TB and I am concerned wihtout proper treatment she is going to die. Can you please give me some idea of what might be wrong with her so I can help by getting her the right treatment.