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Many HIV-infected patients have gastrointestinal complications. Major causes of anorexia, nausea and vomiting are medications (especially antiretrovirals, antibiotics, opiates and non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs), depression, intracranial pathology, gastrointestinal diseases, hypogonadism, pregnancy, lactic acidosis, etc. Treatment of the underlying condition is important.
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Tomažič, J. (2008). Gastrointestinal manlfestations of AIDS. In: Ferkolj, I., Gangl, A., Galle, P.R., Vucelic, B. (eds) Pathogenesis and Clinical Practice in Gastroenterology. Falk Symposium, vol 160. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8767-7_10
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