HIV/AIDS Therapy
Fatigue in HIV-positive patients often has treatable causes
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, June 8th, 2003
According to a study from the United States, "To describe prevalence of fatigue and its correlates among persons with HIV infection, we abstracted medical records of 13,768 persons in care for HIV in >100 U.S. clinics."
"The prevalence of fatigue (defined as fatigue, malaise, or weakness that was the primary reason for a medical visit, was persistent, or was severe enough to preclude work) was 37%," reported Patrick S. Sullivan at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and fellow members of the Adult and Adolescent Spectrum of HIV Disease Investigators.
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