Review Article
Risk of Fractures in Older Adults Living with HIV
National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico
Received Date: October 11, 2022; Published Date: October 27, 20222
Abstract
Recently, the impact of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in older patients has began to be observed, creating a field that has not being
explored at its fullest by infectologists and geriatricians. The complications associated with the pathogenesis of the disease and the antiretroviral
therapy have a great impact on bone disease, specifically the risk of suffering bone fractures.
The aim of this article is to make a compilation of the most recent evidence that supports the relation of the repercussions that the pathogenesis
of HIV, the highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) medication and the social aspects has with the increased risk of bone fracture on HIV+ elder
individuals.
