Severe neurological damage associated with AIDS. Symptoms include memory loss, loss of motor control and behavioral abnormalities.
deterioration of intellectual faculties, often accompanied by emotional disturbance. HIV is active in the brain (central nervous system) and can cause dementia, even in those with high CD4 counts and low viral loads. Treatment usually involves an anti-HIV drug -- such as AZT -- that is able to cross the blood-brain barrier. (also called ADC)
The most common central nervous system (CNS) complication of HIV infection, ADC is characterized by a group of clinical presentations including loss of coordination, mood disorders, inability or difficulty in reasoning and loss of inhibitions. Usually occurs in latter stage disease but may occur sooner.
A degenerative neurological condition, with a wide variety of clinical presentations, including loss of coordination, mood swings and loss of inhibitions, and finally wide spread cognitive deficit, AIDS dementia complex is generally thought to be caused by HIV itself
A type of brain dysfunction caused by HIV infection that causes difficulty thinking, confusion, and loss of muscular coordination.
A degenerative neurological condition attributed to HIV infection, characterized by a group of clinical presentations including loss of coordination, mood swings and loss of inhibitions and widespread cognitive dysfunction. This is the most common central nervous system complication of HIV infection.
a frequent cerebral condition in people with AIDS that results in the loss of cognitive capacity, affecting the ability to function in a social or occupational setting. Its cause has not been determined exactly, but may result from HIV infection of cells in the brain or an inflammatory reaction to such infection.
AIDS dementia complex (ADC; also known as HIV dementia, HIV encephalopathy and HIV-associated dementia) has become a common neurological disorder associated with HIV infection and AIDS. It is a metabolic encephalopathy induced by HIV infection and fueled by immune activation of brain macrophages and microglia. These cells are actively infected with HIV and secrete neurotoxins of both host and viral origin.