title: [Asthenic disorders in persons infected with HIV at the initial stages of the disease].
abstract: Clinical psychopathological, follow-up and neuropsychological evaluation was made for 125 HIV-infected patients in stage 2B of the disease (general lymphadenopathy by V. I. Pokrovskiĭ's classification). It is shown that seropositive subjects had asthenic syndrome for the initial 6 months of the disease. According to the manifestations, asthenia was defined as psychogenic-reactive and organic. In the former variant the treatment involved psychotherapy and occasionally drugs, the latter was treated with chemotherapy and psychopharmacological modalities as the first-line and psychotherapy as adjuvant means. The authors expect that a differential approach to HIV-infection-related asthenia at the disease onset may contribute to better life quality and prognosis in AIDS patients.
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Ruchkina
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Beliaeva
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Pokrovskiĭ
mesh_terms: D000386:AIDS-Related Complex / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D000328:Adult; D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001247:Asthenia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D005971:Glutamates / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014803:Vitamin B Complex / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D005971:Glutamates; D014803:Vitamin B Complex; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D001205:Ascorbic Acid
vernacular_title: Astenicheskie rasstroĭstva u lits, infitsirovannykh VICh, na nachal'nykh stadiiakh zabolevaniia.