HIV Embryopathy

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Words

• Dysmorphic Got Immune Deficiency Disorder
• Dysmorphic AIDS
• Fetal Gotten Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
• Fetal AIDS Infection
• Fetal Results of AIDS
• HIV Embryopathy
• Perinatal AIDS

Problem Subdivisions

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General Conversation
The term “AIDS dysmorphic syndrome” or “HIV embryopathy” has been made use of by some scientists to explain specific facial malformations (i.e., craniofacial dysmorphism), an uncommonly small head, and growth deficiency in some babies contaminated with HIV. * Such craniofacial problems have actually consisted of a noticeable, boxlike forehead, huge, large eyes; a squashed nasal bridge, and also an unusually obvious philtrum, which is the upright groove in the center of the top lip.

However, many private investigators have since questioned the significance of these observations. Such researchers show that there is lack of proof for characteristic craniofacial malformations in babies who got HIV infection from their mother before, throughout, or shortly after birth (i.e., perinatally).

* HIV is the abbreviation for the human immunodeficiency virus, a retrovirus that contaminates specific leukocyte called assistant T cells (CD4+ cells). HIV infection results in dynamic degeneration of the physical body’s immune system as well as creates gotten immunodeficiency syndrome (HELP).