[Pain characteristics in HIV/AIDS patients].

Human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV), affects 0.6 % of world population and 0.3 % of the adult population in Mexico. Pain, in this group, is frequently not identified by the health care team, is poorly defined, and undertreated. Our objective was to evaluate the prevalence of pain and its characteristics in Mexican HIV patients.HIV diagnosed patients were included. Social and demographic information about pain characteristics, response...