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This article contains up-to-date information on the features of ophthalmological and dermatological manifestations of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection based on the analysis of studies published in 2018-2022. The article also presents a description of a clinical case of HIV infection in a 54-year-old female patient with synchronous manifestation of eye symptoms in the form of retinal vasculitis of the optic nerve head and Kaposi's sarcoma localized on the skin of the face.
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HIV Infections , Ophthalmology , Optic Disk , Female , Humans , Middle Aged , HIV Infections/complications , HIV Infections/diagnosis , SkinABSTRACT
Clinical features and epidemiology of syphilitic damage of the eye in Smolensk region was studied in 1996-2008 period. 32 medical charts of patients with ophthalmosyphilis were analyzed. Ophthalmosyphilis is usually registered in patients with secondary syphilis with disease duration more than 6 months (56.3%) and in patients with late neurosyphilis (40.6%). The diagnosis was established in 24.5+4.8 (from 14 till 34) days after clinical presentation. Clinical forms of ophthalmosyphilis included bilateral uveitis (15.6%), optic neuritis (15.8%), iridocyclitis (12.5%) and choreoretinitis (12.5%). Complications of ophthalmosyphilis included optic nerve atrophy developed in 6.2%, cataract--6.2% and glaucoma--3.1%. In epidemiologically unfavorable situation caution should be taken by ophthalmologists in terms of syphilitic infection, appropriate laboratory tests should be considered.
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Eye Infections, Bacterial/diagnosis , Neurosyphilis/diagnosis , Adult , Aged , Diagnosis, Differential , Eye Infections, Bacterial/epidemiology , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Incidence , Male , Microscopy, Acoustic , Middle Aged , Neurosyphilis/epidemiology , Ophthalmoscopy , Retrospective Studies , Syphilis/diagnosis , Syphilis/epidemiology , Young AdultABSTRACT
The necessity for examination of the level of youth awareness about the ways of transmission, safety products and prevention of sexually-transmitted infections is approved. It is recommended to begin the sexual education of scholars since 11-12 years. Development of the educational programs must be based on results of analysis of systematic questionnaire of scholars.
