HIV Positive Patient with Respiratory Insufficiency

Managing the patient with neuromuscular disease and respiratory insufficiency.

Though the development of physical limitations associated with neuromuscular disease is often apparent to the clinician, the development of neuromuscular-induced respiratory muscle weakness can be insidious. Respiratory muscle weakness is often overlooked by the clinician, particularly when weakness of the extremities limits physical exertion and no respiratory compensation for exertion is requ...

glanzmann thrombasthenia associated with hiv-positive patient: a case report

glanzmann’s thrombasthenia (gt) is an autosomal recessive inherited platelet function defect characterized by normal platelet count, prolonged bleeding time and abnormal clot retraction. this disease typically presents in infancy or early childhood and has proven to have very good prognosis. in this case study, a 22‑year‑old gt patient who also developed human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infec...

HIV positive patient with GBS-like syndrome

Introduction. Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) is an acute demyelinating polyneuropathy which can occur post-infection. Criteria of diagnosis of GBS include areflexia with progressive bilateral weakness in arms and legs. GBS can lead to severe respiratory and cardiac complications. The fatality rate can be up to 5 % in patients, depending on the severity of the symptoms. HIV can cause a range of n...

Psoriasis in an HIV-positive patient treated with cimetidine.

Focal bone lesions in hiv-positive patient treated with tenofovir

BACKGROUND Tenofovir is a widely used antiviral drug for the treatment of HIV and HBV infection. Although its side effects on renal function and bone metabolism are well known, there are no reports on focal bone lesions caused by this drug. Our case suggests this new, unusual but important scenario. CASE PRESENTATION We report on a 46-year-old HIV-positive man treated with an antiretroviral r...