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Posted On : 05 Dec 2005

What is the cause of gross wasting in HIV ?

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No expert answer available.

Answer Discussion :

soujanya

lipodystrophy

19 years ago

Mohamed Hamid

recurrent GE

19 years ago

sangeetakumar

infections

19 years ago

pediatriconcall

Failure to thrive in HIV is due to lot of factors: malnutrition due to dietary insufficiency, opportunistic infections and catabolic state due to HIV virus per se.

19 years ago

Dr. Puneet Kumar

Multifactorial.
Decreased absorption of nutrients
Decreased utilization of nutrients
Increased demand of nutrients
Associated other infections compounding above

19 years ago

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