Open AccessQUALITY OF LIFE EVALUATION FOR HIV-INFECTED PATIENTS WITH EYE DISEASES
Author(s) -
) Ivanova,
I.S. Ivanova,
Черкес,
Nikolay Cherkes
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
bûlletenʹ vostočno-sibirskogo naučnogo centra
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1811-0649
DOI - 10.12737/23733
Subject(s) - medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , retinitis , optic nerve , atrophy , uveitis , quality of life (healthcare) , ophthalmology , immunology , virus , nursing , human cytomegalovirus
The importance and the need to establish standards for the quality of life for HIV-infected patients with eye diseases were proved. The scheme of follow-up of ophthalmic patients with HIV infection was created; it allows identifying the relationship between the organ of vision and quality of life of infected patients. An algorithm of examination of patients with a combination of HIV infection and ophthalmological pathology was developed. It is proved that with the growth of the severity of internal organ involvement in HIV-infected patients a decrease in quality of life occurs pro rata, par-ticularly in patients in 3–4th stages of HIV infection associated with atrophy of the optic nerve, uveitis, retinitis. It was established that on the background of an effective anti-viral and vascular therapy of HIV-infected patients there is a positive dynamics of vision in patients with retinal angiopathies.