What is 'HIV wasting syndrome'?

What is 'HIV wasting syndrome'?

HIV wasting syndrom is a condition that was very common a long time ago. It was literally loss of body weight from profound immune depression. Today, the medicines are so good that profound immune depression just doesn't happen. Instead, some people taking HIV medicines can experience what's called lypodystrophy, which is a redistribution of fat cells in your body. Sometimes there's a thinning of fat cells in your legs or your arms, perhaps on your face, and a thickening of fat cells in the center or the trunk area. These can sometimes happen from the HIV drugs, and with the newer drugs they tend to happen a lot less. For classic HIV wasting syndrome, however, that's only a condition that occurs with extreme immune depression, and with today's medicine, it rarely occurs.