I just wanted to point out that there are such things as age-related and genetic lipoatrophy. It might not be HIV or your meds.

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I just wanted to point out that there are such things as age-related and genetic lipoatrophy. It might not be HIV or your meds.

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1. things

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• I can see it from an HIV specialist point of view, where they were focusing their attention on how good the meds were [compared to before], and I can see it from an HIV-positive patient`s view, where this is not good news


• I suppose there is little comfort in this, but all HIV meds can cause body shape changes, and if combined with a preexisting situation of body dysmorphic disorder than yes, there`s the potential for HIV meds to do things that in most cases they will not do (i


• Like I read in another thread, there is this "5th Avenue" vision of what life with HIV is like now that we have meds


2. genetic lipoatrophy

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• There are also some preliminary studies suggesting that there is a genetic component to the mitochondrial dysfunction widely implicated in lipoatrophy, a physically disfiguring condition that results in localized loss of fat tissue and that has been linked to the use of certain antiretroviral drugs in HIV-infected


• To date, understanding the contribution of genetic variation to the pathogenesis of lipoatrophy and kidney disease in HIV-infection is limited


• However, these findings await confirmation in other populations and, as yet, no unifying hypothesis of the genetic predisposition to lipoatrophy has emerged


3. age-related

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• The disease also can result as a side effect of some drugs, and it seems to run in families


• - Genetic factors appear to be more directly related to early-onset macular degenerations (entities that are different from age-related macular degeneration)


• Pending the results of this trial, which are expected in late 2001, family physicians might advise patients with age-related macular degeneration to eat a diet high in fruits and leafy, green vegetables and to take a daily multivitamin pill if they are still concerned about their antioxidant status


4. hiv

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• Most researchers agree that lipohypertrophy, like lipoatrophy, is likely the side effect of HIV drugs, but which meds and why are harder to pinpoint


• On the other hand, no one supposes that the intellect of any two animals or of any two men can be accurately gauged by the cubic contents of their hiv aids adherence to meds


• I suppose there is little comfort in this, but all HIV meds can cause body shape changes, and if combined with a preexisting situation of body dysmorphic disorder than yes, there`s the potential for HIV meds to do things that in most cases they will not do (i


5. meds

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• Most researchers agree that lipohypertrophy, like lipoatrophy, is likely the side effect of HIV drugs, but which meds and why are harder to pinpoint


• On the other hand, no one supposes that the intellect of any two animals or of any two men can be accurately gauged by the cubic contents of their hiv aids adherence to meds


• even if you can`t get full suppression, when someone is not feeling well, including problems of encephalopathy, and the best we can do is just partial control of HIV -- there are reasons why this might be a preferred option rather than no meds at all

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