HIV encephalopathy, a severe brain complication of HIV/AIDS, affects memory and cognition. Expert stresses early intervention, antiretroviral therapy, and symptom management for better outcomes.

HIV dementia includes memory, learning, behavioral and motor disabilities that interfere with normal daily life and in extreme cases lead to total disability, according to their article.

September 20, 2007 — Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients with declining platelet counts appear to be at increased risk for HIV-associated dementia (HIV-D), a new study suggests.

They found that 2.5% of those with HIV were diagnosed with dementia over a 16-year follow-up period, compared to just 1.3% of those without. What do you think? Be the first to comment.

Adults living with HIV in Malawi are more than twice as likely to also have dementia compared to those without HIV, according to a new study by a team of US and Malawian researchers.