HIV-associated dementia in Podcasts
conditionA neurodegenerative disease caused by HIV infection, leading to cognitive decline.
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Yeah, and this is neuronal loss due to holes literally being eaten into your brain by this disease. Yeah. And then you can also get dementia from when you have HIV. If you are a boxer or, say, a football player in the NFL, you may have dementia from a traumatic brain injury like a concussion or repeated concussions. Yeah. And there are plenty of diseases. There's also reversible dementia too.