| > | | | | taken PIs. |
| Lipodystrophy also looks a bit like wasting, which | | | | Evidence now suggests that lipodystrophy is linked to |
| used to be a common problem in people with AIDS. | | | | the concurrent employ of nucleoside quash |
| The most grave of the lipodystrophy related side | | | | transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) and PIs. Lipodystrophy |
| effects seems to be heart problems caused by high | | | | can present at any age, from early infancy through |
| fat levels in the blood. | | | | adulthood. Onset usually occurs during the first or |
| Lipodystrophy, also called fat redistribution, is a | | | | second decade of life. Females seem to be affected |
| disorder in the way your body produces, employs, | | | | more often than are males. There are currently no |
| and stores fat. There are two different kinds of | | | | clearly useful treatments for lipodystrophy. Surgical |
| lipodystrophy. In fat wasting, also known as | | | | treatment with adipofascial flaps has been successful |
| lipoatrophy, fat is lost from particular areas of the | | | | in some cases. Changes to your diet and exercise |
| body, especially the arms, legs, face, and buttocks. | | | | regimen may assist build muscle and diminish fat |
| The second kind of lipodystrophy is fat accumulation, | | | | accumulation. Changes in your anti-HIV medications. |
| also known as hyperadiposity. A lipodystrophy can be | | | | Changing anti-HIV therapy has also been promoted |
| a lump or small dent in the skin that forms when a | | | | as a means of managing lipodystrophy and metabolic |
| person keeps performing injections in the same spot. | | | | disorders, particularly switching a protease inhibitor for |
| These types of lipodystrophies are harmless. | | | | an NNRTI or abacavir. High blood fats may be |
| Other side effects of Lipodystrophies are | | | | treated with medicines such as pravastatin or |
| antiretroviral drugs. There are many forms of | | | | gemfibrozil, and insulin resistance with anti-diabetes |
| lipodystrophy that are inherited or acquired. The | | | | drugs. Cholesterol lowering medications are helpful in |
| genetic forms of lipodystrophy include congenital | | | | lowering blood levels of triglycerides and cholesterol. |
| generalized lipodystrophy (the Berardinelli-Seip | | | | Other treatment options of lipodystrophy include |
| syndrome) and several types of familial partial | | | | regular exercise, stopping smoking, switching from |
| lipodystrophy (the Dunnigan type, the Köbberling | | | | the contraceptive pill to another form of birth control, |
| type, the mandibuloacral dysphasia type). | | | | and dietary changes, with advice from a registered |
| Lipodystrophy also occurs in people who have never | | | | dietitian. |