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HIV Associated Dementia
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Condition overview
Attributes
Commonalityis common
Linked signs and symptoms
22Each sign/symptom opens its own page and links back to related conditions.
- Balance Impaired
- Behaviour: Attention Deficit (Reduced Ability to Focus)
- Behaviour: Decreased Spontaneity
- Behaviour: Personality Changes
- Clumsiness
- Delayed Language Production
- Eye: Visual Spatial Confusion
- Involuntary Trembling Or Quivering (Tremor)
- Memory Loss: Forgetfulness
- Mind: Apathy
- Mind: Decreased Mental Response
- Mind: Impaired Cognition
- Mind: Lack of Emotion
- Mind: Language Becomes Disorganized Or Lost
- Mind: Lethargy
- Mind: Mental Slowness
- Mind: Poor Concentration
- Mind: Poor Memory Skills
- Movement Disorder
- Movement: Loss of Fine Motor Control
- Movement: Muscle Coordination Loss (Ataxia)
- Movements Slow
Linked drugs / medications
0No linked drugs are listed yet.
Treatments, therapies and supportive options
7Grouped by treatment type. These are educational database links, not personal treatment recommendations. Evidence labels are shown only where stored in the EH database.
Behavioural changes
2Linked diagnostic tests and investigations
5These are pulled from both EH diagnostic-test link tables, including the older large test-link table.
- Fibrin Degradation Products (FDPs, Fibrin Split Products, FSPs, Fibrin Breakdown Products, Fbps)
- HIV Serology Test (Elisa Test for for Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, AIDS)
- Intracranial Prassure Monitoring (CSF Pressure)
- Lymphocyte Immunophenotyping
- Thyroxine Binding Globulin Concentration (TBG, Thyroid Binding Globulin, Blood)
Biological markers/agents
9This visual map shows biological markers/agents reported as increased or decreased with this condition. These are educational relationships only; test results must be interpreted by a qualified clinician because ranges vary by lab, method, age, sex and clinical context.
Often increased
4- Fibrin Split ProductsReference range exampleAll: 0–1 mg/dLLinked diagnostic testsFibrin Degradation Products (FDPs, Fibrin Split Products
- HIV Serology (Specific Antibodies for HIV, AIDS)Reference range exampleAll: 0–1 NegativeLinked diagnostic testsHIV Serology Test (Elisa Test for for Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Intracranial Pressure (Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure, CSF Pressure)Linked diagnostic testsIntracranial Prassure Monitoring (CSF Pressure)
- Thyroxine Binding Globulin (TBG, Thyroid Binding Globulin, Blood)Reference range exampleInfant (0 - 1y), Female: 1.7–3.6 mg/dL; Infant (0 - 1y), Male: 1.6–3.5 mg/dLLinked diagnostic testsThyroxine Binding Globulin Concentration (TBG, Thyroid Binding Globulin
Often decreased
5- B Cells (CD19 Percentage)Reference range exampleAll: 3–25 %Linked diagnostic testsLymphocyte Immunophenotyping
- CD4 to CD8 RatioReference range exampleAll: 1–5 RatioLinked diagnostic testsLymphocyte Immunophenotyping
- Helper T cells (CD3(plus), CD4(plus))Reference range example589–1,505 cells/mm3; 32–61Linked diagnostic testsHelper T cells (CD3(plus), CD4(plus)) Count
- Natural Killer Cells (CD16 Percentage)Reference range exampleAll: 4–30 %Linked diagnostic testsLymphocyte Immunophenotyping
- Total T cells (CD3(plus))Reference range exampleAll: 55–90 %; 812–2,318 cells/mm3Linked diagnostic testsLymphocyte Immunophenotyping, Total T Cells (CD3(plus)) Count
Introduction / full article
HIV Associated Dementia
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