[HIV infection associated cognitive disorders].

The most frequent neuropsychiatric complication of the human immunodefienciency virus infection is cognitive impairment, wich may range in severity from a mild cognitive disorder to a severe dementing illness. HIV-associated dementia is known to be a poor indicator in patients with HIV. Caring for a person who develops cognitive impairment or even stable dementia is exhausting emotionally, psysically and financially. The most important difference between HIV-associated dementia and HIV associated minor cognitive disorder is the severity of impairment in activities of daily living. The purpose of this articol is to distinguish the most common symptomatology of this complication of HIV infection in order to prevent and treat cognitive deficits from the early stages if is possible.