ANEMIA AND HIV

ANEMIA AND HIV

Serious anemia used to be much more common. Over 80% of people with an AIDS diagnosis had some degree of anemia. People with more advanced HIV disease, or a lower CD4 count, had higher rates of anemia.

The rate of anemia went down when people started using combination antiretroviral therapy (ART). Severe anemia has become rare. However, ART has not eliminated anemia. A large study found that about 46% of patients had mild or moderate anemia, even after one year of ART.