HIV and AIDS

Abstract

Introduction 352 Pain prevalence, locality, and treatment in HIV/AIDS 353 Causes of pain in HIV 354 Neuropathic pain in HIV infection 354 Guidelines for the management of DSP and ATN 356 Other painful neuropathies in HIV 357 Musculoskeletal pain 357 Headache 357 Gastroenterological pain 358 Gynecological pain 359 References 359 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus which causes serious disease by progressive damage to the immune system of the human host. Antiretroviral treatment can result in long-term restoration of immune function. However, the therapeutic decisions inherent in antiretroviral therapy are complex, so such therapy must be managed by HIV clinicians.