Diseases

HIV Wasting Syndrome

Involuntary weight loss of greater than 10 percent associated with intermittent or constant fever and chronic diarrhea or fatigue for more than 30 days in the absence of a defined cause other than HIV infection. A constant feature is major muscle wasting with scattered myofiber degeneration. A variety of etiologies, which vary among patients, contributes to this syndrome. (From Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed, p1611).

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Involuntary weight loss of greater than 10 percent associated with intermittent or constant fever and chronic diarrhea or fatigue for more than 30 days in the absence of a defined cause other than HIV infection. A constant feature is major muscle wasting with scattered myofiber degeneration. A variety of etiologies, which vary among patients, contributes to this syndrome. (From Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed, p1611).

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6 entry terms
  • AIDS Wasting Syndrome
  • HIV Wasting Disease
  • Slim Disease
  • Wasting Disease, HIV
  • Wasting Syndrome, HIV
  • Wasting Syndrome, AIDS

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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  • HIV Infections (1991-1996)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. HIV Wasting Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019247. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019247
  2. HIV Wasting Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2552225