Chronic pain is an important comorbidity in people living with HIV, and Jessica Merlin, M.D., Ph.D., is among the world’s leading experts on the subject.
Merlin points to two key factors accentuating the priority of addressing pain in HIV care. For one thing, it is highly prevalent: Somewhere between 25% and 85% of people living with HIV report pain that lasts longer than three months, she said (i.e., it persists beyond the typical period of tissue injury and repair). Second, she noted that it is associated with a host of poor HIV outcomes, including suboptimal retention in care, engagement with health care providers, virologic suppression, and physical function.
Merlin recently spoke about the intersection of HIV and chronic pain at the IDWeek 2024 conference in Los Angeles (Oct. 16-19).
Read the full story by Roger Pebody at TheBodyPro.
Source : TheBodyPro
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