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Inclusion of nutritional counseling and mental health services in HIV/AIDS management: A paradigm shift

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is a public health challenge that can degenerate into acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) if not properly managed. HIV infection shortens life expectancy to about 5 to 10 years compared to noninfected individuals. People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA)...

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Autores principales: Alum, Esther U., Obeagu, Emmanuel Ifeanyi, Ugwu, Okechukwu P.C., Samson, Awotunde O., Adepoju, Adeyinka O., Amusa, Mariam O.
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Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10578718/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37832059
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000035673
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author Alum, Esther U.
Obeagu, Emmanuel Ifeanyi
Ugwu, Okechukwu P.C.
Samson, Awotunde O.
Adepoju, Adeyinka O.
Amusa, Mariam O.
author_facet Alum, Esther U.
Obeagu, Emmanuel Ifeanyi
Ugwu, Okechukwu P.C.
Samson, Awotunde O.
Adepoju, Adeyinka O.
Amusa, Mariam O.
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description Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is a public health challenge that can degenerate into acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) if not properly managed. HIV infection shortens life expectancy to about 5 to 10 years compared to noninfected individuals. People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) are prone to several health challenges as a result of a deranged immune system culminating in high morbidity and mortality. Depression is a common feature of PLWHA. Depression heightens the emergence of opportunistic infections in HIV-infected individuals, accelerates the progression to AIDS, and increased suicidal tendencies, morbidity, and mortality. Food insecurity with its resultant undernutrition contributes to HIV/AIDS-related deaths. Undernourished PLWHA are more prone to opportunistic infections due to poor immunity. Interestingly, proper diet intake can boost immunity, slow the progression of AIDS and opportunistic infections, enhance body weight, and retard depression tendencies. Undernutrition can also be ameliorated by incorporating nutritional counseling and oral nutrient supplementation in routine HIV/AIDS checkups. Therefore, to increase HIV/AIDS management outcomes, the integration of nutrition counseling, dietary supplements, and mental health services should be embraced. Thus, HIV/AIDS care centers should amplify these services. In this article, we isolated relevant studies from various databases, illuminated the interwoven relationship between HIV/AIDS, depression, and undernutrition, and also reemphasized the need for adequate nutritional intervention in the battle against HIV/AIDS. Thus, this study provides a reawakening call to focus on incorporating nutritional guides and mental health care in HIV/AIDS management protocols.
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spelling pubmed-105787182023-10-17 Inclusion of nutritional counseling and mental health services in HIV/AIDS management: A paradigm shift Alum, Esther U. Obeagu, Emmanuel Ifeanyi Ugwu, Okechukwu P.C. Samson, Awotunde O. Adepoju, Adeyinka O. Amusa, Mariam O. Medicine (Baltimore) Narrative Review Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is a public health challenge that can degenerate into acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) if not properly managed. HIV infection shortens life expectancy to about 5 to 10 years compared to noninfected individuals. People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) are prone to several health challenges as a result of a deranged immune system culminating in high morbidity and mortality. Depression is a common feature of PLWHA. Depression heightens the emergence of opportunistic infections in HIV-infected individuals, accelerates the progression to AIDS, and increased suicidal tendencies, morbidity, and mortality. Food insecurity with its resultant undernutrition contributes to HIV/AIDS-related deaths. Undernourished PLWHA are more prone to opportunistic infections due to poor immunity. Interestingly, proper diet intake can boost immunity, slow the progression of AIDS and opportunistic infections, enhance body weight, and retard depression tendencies. Undernutrition can also be ameliorated by incorporating nutritional counseling and oral nutrient supplementation in routine HIV/AIDS checkups. Therefore, to increase HIV/AIDS management outcomes, the integration of nutrition counseling, dietary supplements, and mental health services should be embraced. Thus, HIV/AIDS care centers should amplify these services. In this article, we isolated relevant studies from various databases, illuminated the interwoven relationship between HIV/AIDS, depression, and undernutrition, and also reemphasized the need for adequate nutritional intervention in the battle against HIV/AIDS. Thus, this study provides a reawakening call to focus on incorporating nutritional guides and mental health care in HIV/AIDS management protocols. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2023-10-13 /pmc/articles/PMC10578718/ /pubmed/37832059 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000035673 Text en Copyright © 2023 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CCBY) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Amusa, Mariam O.
Inclusion of nutritional counseling and mental health services in HIV/AIDS management: A paradigm shift
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title_full Inclusion of nutritional counseling and mental health services in HIV/AIDS management: A paradigm shift
title_fullStr Inclusion of nutritional counseling and mental health services in HIV/AIDS management: A paradigm shift
title_full_unstemmed Inclusion of nutritional counseling and mental health services in HIV/AIDS management: A paradigm shift
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title_sort inclusion of nutritional counseling and mental health services in hiv/aids management: a paradigm shift
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10578718/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37832059
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