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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">3891</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"> http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2021.131337</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Rheumatic Manifestations in Human Immunodeficiency Virus/ Autoimmune Deficiency Syndrome Patients in Jammu Region&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Kumar</surname><given-names>Vinod</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Bhagat</surname><given-names>Ritu</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Javid</surname><given-names>Ahmar</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>5</day><month>07</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>3)</volume><issue/><fpage>200</fpage><lpage>204</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Introduction: AS there is sparse data on rheumatic manifestations in HIV/AIDS in India and no prospective study on Rheumatic manifestations in HIV/AIDS patients has been conducted earlier in the J__ampersandsignamp;K state, which also has a high population of HIV+ pa tients, hence it was decided to undertake a prospective clinical study. The present study shall highlight the rheumatic manifesta tions in HIV/AIDS patients in Jammu and this, in turn, will help physicians to target therapy accordingly to minimize the morbidity and mortality attributed to rheumatic disorders in HIV. Aim: To study the Rheumatic manifestations in HIV/AIDS patients in the Jammu region. Method and Materials: The present study was carried out on 413 patients during their visits to Voluntary Training and Counsel ling Centre in Government Medical College, Jammu for a period of two years from 2017 to 2019. Results: There were 283 males (68.5%) and 130 females (31.4%) of the 413 HIV/AIDS patients. There were 83 (20%) subjects in WHO stage II, thirty-one (7.5%) in stage III, whereas 299(72.3%) in stage IV. Conclusion: Rheumatic disorders affect a significant proportion of HIV/AIDS patients. In the present study, the prevalence was 62.2%. Males were affected more than females. Arthralgia was the most common complaint in our study (35.7%).&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Autoimmune deficiency syndrome</kwd><kwd> Human immunodeficiency virus</kwd><kwd> Fibromyalgia</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
