HIV Infection

Opprtunistic HIV Infection:

• HIV does not kill anybody directly.

• HIV weakens the body's ability to fight disease.

• Infection which are rarly seen in those with normal immune systems are deadly to those with HIV called opportunistic infections.

• Many of these illness are very serious, and they need to be treated.

• Some illness can be prevented.

• Opportunistic infection can be Bacterial, Viral, Fungal, Neurological, Protozoal, Malignacies, Others.​

Bacterial:

• Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC orMAI)
• Salmonellosis
• Syphilis and Neurosyphilis
• Tuberculosis
• Bacillary angiomatosis ( Cat scratch disease)

Viral Infection​:

• Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
• Hepatitis
• Herpes simplex (HSV, Genital Herpes)
• Herpes zoster (HSZ)
• Molluscum contagiosum
• Oral hairy leukoplakia (OPL)
• Progressive Multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML)

Fungal Infection:

• Aspergillosis
• Candidiasis (Thrush, Yeast infection)
• ryptococcal Meningitis
• Histoplasmosis

Neurological Conditions:

• AIDS dementia complex (ADC)
• Peripheral Neuropathy

Protozoal Infection:

• Cryptosporidiosis
• Isoporiosis
• Microsporidiosis
• Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP)
• Toxoplasmosis

Malignancies

• Systemic Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL)
• Primary CNS Lymphoma

Other Conditions and Complications

• Apthous ulcers
• Malasorption
• Depression
• Diarrhoea
• Thrombocytopenia
• Wasting syndrome
• Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
• Listeriosis
• Pelvic inflammatory disease paricularly complicated by Tuboovarian abscess.
• Lymphoma Burkit's
• Lymphoma immunoblastic