Abstract :
Background: Obstructive lung disease (OLD) is one of the main causes of mortality and morbidity
worldwide. Obstructive lung disease is the narrowing of bronchioles mainly due to excessive
smooth muscle contraction. The objective of this study is to evaluate the Frequency of HIV in
obstructive lung disease patients.
Methodology: Samples were collected randomly, and study was completed in almost six months.
100 samples were taken with an informed consent taken from all the patients. EDTA and Clotted
blood was collected for HIV ELISA and HIV screening.
Results: In this study, 69% Males and 31?males, 34% Smokers, 26% patients were
Hypertensive, 10% patients were diabetic, 3% patients were diagnosed HIV positive by screening
and ELISA.
Conclusion: The frequency of HIV in obstructive lung disease patients in this research is not very
high as compared to the previous researches, showing high frequency and relationship between
HIV and obstructive lung disease patients. The reason behind low frequency is due to low sample
size so by increasing the sample size we can get better understanding of frequency of HIV in
obstructive lung disease patients. Another reason of insignificant results is low prevalence of HIV
in Pakistan as compared to the previous researches in certain countries.
Keyword :
Human immunodeficiency virus, Obstructive lung disease, Asthma, HIV ELISA