There are many types of dementia – Alzheimer’s, Lewy Body dementia, and frontotemporal dementia (Pick’s disease), to mention a few. However, I wasn’t aware of one type of dementia – dementia caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This type of dementia is known as AIDS dementia complex (ADC), HIV-associated dementia or HIV/AIDS encephalopathy.
Before we go into dementia, let’s have a refresher course on HIV. According to The Body, The Complete HIV/AIDS Resource website,...
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