| Popis: |
The presence of disturbances in the respiratory function on HIV positive patients, derive from multiple causes. The principal mechanism of injury is the inflammation that triggers a flood of biomarkers, which leads to a respiratory function decline. Within the causes, we find modifiable factors such as tobacco and drugs use, and non-modifiable factors like gender, age, CD4 recount, viral burden, HIV itself, ART, co-infections such us HCV and the presence of breathing infections like Pneumocystis Jiroveci pneumonia and Tuberculosis. Facing a chronic pathology requires to control obstructive alterations so, it results convenient to request spirometry and diffusion tests. |
