The group of scientists of University of Georgetown (Georgetown University) reported that Alzheimer's disease was found in the 71-year-old HIV-positive patient. Scott Turner (Scott Turner) and its colleagues explain that earlier about the patients who at the same time have HIV and Alzheimer's disease, it was known not.
The popular belief that an inflammation in the brain, connected with infection with an immunodeficiency virus, interferes with formation of amiloidny plaques. Detection of HIV-positive of the patient with such diagnosis changes the standard ideas of development of dementia at patients with an immunodeficiency.
Scientists consider that some of the HIV-associated neurocognitive frustration diagnosed for 30-50% of patients with HIV, actually can appear Alzheimer's disease. Besides at some patients the mixed dementia connected both with action of a human immunodeficiency virus, and with adjournment beta amiloida can develop. Symptoms and Alzheimer's diseases, and HIV-associated of neurocognitive frustration are similar, as leads to wrong diagnostics. Actually to treatment of these states the different approach is necessary, scientists emphasize.
Source: First diagnosed case of Alzheimer's disease in HIV-positive individual reported. Georgetown University researchers are reporting the first case of Alzheimer's disease diagnosed in an HIV-positive individual.
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