GYNECOLOGICAL DISORDERS AND HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS INFECTION

It is increasingly apparent that the differences in the prevalence and severity of various gynaecological conditions are a function of immun osuppression and differences in behavioural factors, rather than a dir ect effect of HIV itself. Women infected with HIV will present with th eir gynaecological disorders initially to their carers in both primary care and genitourinary medicine clinic settings. It is therefore esse ntial that all those involved in the management of these women are awa re of the interactions between HIV infection, immunosuppression and va rious gynaecological conditions so that they may be appropriately mana ged.