HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder: Difference between revisions

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*'''Stage 0''' ''(Normal)'' Normal Mental and [[motor skill|Motor Function]]

*'''Stage 0.5''' ''(Subclinical)'' Minimal symptoms of cognitive or motor dysfunction characteristic of ADC, or mild signs ([[snout reflex|snout response]], slowed extremity movements), but without impairment of work or capacity to perform activities of daily living (ADL). Gait and strength are normal.

*'''Stage 1''' ''(Mild)'' Evidence of functional intellectual or motor impairment characteristic of ADC, but able to perform all but hethe more demanding aspects of work or ADL. Can walk without assistance.

*'''Stage 2''' ''(Moderate)'' Cannot work or maintain the more demanding aspects of daily life, but able to perform basic activities of self care. Ambulatory, but may require a single prop.

*'''Stage 3''' ''(Severe)'' Major intellectual incapacity - cannot follow news or personal events, cannot sustain complex conversation, considerable slowing of all output. And/or motor disability - cannot walk unassisted, requiring walker or personal support, usually with slowing and clumsiness of arms as well.