OCULAR MANIFESTATIONS OF HIV

Course overview

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) IS A RETROVIRUS WHICH CAUSES A MULTISYSTEMIC DISEASE CALLED ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS). OCULAR MANIFESTATIONS ARE COMMON IN HIV PATIENTS. OCULAR INVOLVEMENT IN HIV CAN BE CAUSED BY OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS, VASCULAR ABNORMALITIES, NEOPLASMS, NEURO-OPHTHALMIC CONDITIONS, OR ADVERSE EFFECTS OF MEDICATIONS. THIS ACTIVITY WILL ASSIST PRACTITIONERS IN RECOGNIZING WHEN TO CONSIDER OCULAR MANIFESTATIONS OF HIV AND HOW TO MANAGE AFFECTED PATIENTS. THIS ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS THE CRITICAL ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL CARE TEAM IN CARING FOR PATIENTS WITH OCULAR MANIFESTATIONS OF HIV.