2019-12-10T14:25:27
MANY PATIENTS WHO ARE IN LATE STAGES OF HIV DEVELOP INFECTIONS IN THE BRAIN LIKE TUBERCULOSIS, TOXOPLASMOSIS, AND BACTERIAL AND VIRAL MENINGITIS. PATIENTS CAN PRESENT WITH HEADACH, CONVULSIONS , LOSS OF CONCIOUSNESS AND SOME PATIENTS DEVELOP AIDS DEMENTIA. THESE PATIENTS USUALLY HAVE CD4 COUNTS LESS THAN 100 AND MANY ARE NOT ON HIV TREATMENT. SOME PATIENTS EVEN WHILE TAKING HIV TREATMENT CAN DEVELOP BRAIN COMPLICATIONS AS MANY HIV DRUGS DO NOT PENETRATE BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER. SO WE NEED TO MONITOR VIRAL LOADS IN BLOOD AND CSF FLUID TO PREVENT SUCH NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS OF HIV/AIDS.