Skip to main content Accessibility help
×
Hostname: page-component-8448b6f56d-gtxcr Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-24T14:34:37.071Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Case 24 - Dizziness in someone with HIV

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2011

Serge Gauthier
Affiliation:
McGill University, Montréal
Pedro Rosa-Neto
Affiliation:
McGill University, Montréal
Get access

Summary

This chapter presents the case of a 57-year-old right-handed man with a 1-year history of poor balance, increasing forgetfulness, and difficulties following conversations. There is a family history of malignancy in two first-degree relatives. Neurological examination reveals saccadic pursuit eye movements but no nystagmus, impaired fine finger movements, depressed ankle jerks, and impaired vibration and temperature sensation in both distal lower limbs. HIV associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND) varies in severity from the asymptomatically neurocognitively impaired to those with dementia. Risk factors for the development of HIV dementia (HAD) include: persistently high viral load, low nadir CD4 cell count, increasing age and female sex, low body mass index, anaemia, and intravenous drug abuse. HAND varies in severity from the asymptomatically neurocognitively impaired to those with dementia. The CNS damage underlying HAND occurs secondarily to the direct toxic action of virus-produced proteins and as a consequence of immune activation.
Type
Chapter
Information
Case Studies in Dementia
Common and Uncommon Presentations
, pp. 180 - 187
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2011

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

Save book to Kindle

To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure coreplatform@cambridge.org is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.

Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.

Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.

Available formats
×

Save book to Dropbox

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox.

Available formats
×

Save book to Google Drive

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive.

Available formats
×