Manea Mirela, Ruşanu Veronica, Patrichi B E, Stoean Roxana, Pădurariu Alina, Puiu Gabriela Maria
Facultatea de Medicină Dentară, Catedra de Psihiatrie si Psihologie medicală, Universitatea de Medicină si Farmacie "C. Davila" Bucureşti.
Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi. 2008 Jul-Sep;112(3):598-601.
The most frequent neuropsychiatric complication of the human immunodefienciency virus infection is cognitive impairment, wich may range in severity from a mild cognitive disorder to a severe dementing illness. HIV-associated dementia is known to be a poor indicator in patients with HIV. Caring for a person who develops cognitive impairment or even stable dementia is exhausting emotionally, psysically and financially. The most important difference between HIV-associated dementia and HIV associated minor cognitive disorder is the severity of impairment in activities of daily living. The purpose of this articol is to distinguish the most common symptomatology of this complication of HIV infection in order to prevent and treat cognitive deficits from the early stages if is possible.
人类免疫缺陷病毒感染最常见的神经精神并发症是认知障碍，其严重程度可能从轻度认知障碍到严重痴呆症不等。已知与艾滋病相关的痴呆在艾滋病患者中是一个不良指标。照顾一个出现认知障碍甚至是稳定型痴呆的人在情感、身体和经济上都是令人疲惫不堪的。与艾滋病相关的痴呆和与艾滋病相关的轻度认知障碍之间最重要的区别在于日常生活活动中的损害严重程度。本文的目的是区分这种艾滋病感染并发症最常见的症状，以便尽可能从早期阶段预防和治疗认知缺陷。
