HIV Wasting Syndrome

**Definition:** Involuntary weight loss of greater than 10 percent associated with intermittent or constant fever and chronic diarrhea or fatigue for more than 30 days in the absence of a defined cause other than HIV infection. A constant feature is major muscle wasting with scattered myofiber degeneration. A variety of etiologies, which vary among patients, contributes to this syndrome. (From Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed, p1611).

**Tree numbers:** - C01.221.250.875.520 - C01.221.812.640.400.520 - C01.778.640.400.520 - C01.925.782.815.616.400.520 - C01.925.813.400.520 - C12.100.937.640.400.520 - C18.452.915.520 - C18.654.940.520 - C20.673.480.520

**Synonyms:** - AIDS Wasting Syndrome - HIV Wasting Disease - Wasting Disease, HIV - Wasting Syndrome, HIV - Slim Disease