Ocular complication in HIV infected individuals

The incidence of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is growing within all levels of Alaskan society. All physicians will be touched in some manner by this epidemic and there is a growing need for a thorough understanding of all aspects of the human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Visual complications associated with this disease are devastating, common, and in many cases treatable. The following discussion is an overview, in outline form, of the ocular complications associated with the human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.