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MikeLigalig.com · « **on:** May 27, 2012, 08:52:40 PM »

Do you know someone with AIDS?

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #1 on:** May 28, 2012, 01:16:05 AM »

I've treated a lot of patients who are HIV +, some who have progressed to AIDS. A person who is HIV + will be labeled as having "AIDS" when their CD4 cell count drops below 200. After that, they are very susceptible to a host of pathological infection because of the extermination of their immune system by the HIV virus.

Patients who are HIV+ are placed on high intensity Anti-Viral regimen to prevent their CD4 count from dropping further. By doing this, we can prolong their immune system functioning indefinitely and thereby preventing their conversion to full blow AIDS in the process.

The standard HIV ANTI-VIRAL Therapy is:

2 Protease Inhibitor
1 Non-protease inhibitor

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #2 on:** May 28, 2012, 01:17:11 AM »

I've treated a lot of patients who are HIV +, some who have progressed to AIDS. A person who is HIV + will be labeled as having "AIDS" when their CD4 cell count drops below 200. After that, they are very susceptible to a host of pathological infection because of the extermination of their immune system by the HIV virus.

Patients who are HIV+ are placed on high intensity Anti-Viral regimen to prevent their CD4 count from dropping further. By doing this, we can prolong their immune system functioning indefinitely and thereby preventing their conversion to full blow AIDS in the process.

The standard HIV ANTI-VIRAL Therapy is:

2 Protease Inhibitor
1 Non-protease inhibitor

A normal healthy individual will have a CD4 count of around 1,000. Reference range lang ni ba.

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MikeLigalig.com · « **Reply #3 on:** June 02, 2012, 06:54:29 PM »

Bran, by just looking at the physical appearance of the person, how would you know that a person has AIDS?

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Lorenzo · « **Reply #4 on:** June 03, 2012, 01:27:29 AM »

Bran, by just looking at the physical appearance of the person, how would you know that a person has AIDS?

Mike,

AIDS patients are usually often times riddled with a lot of infections because the HIV virus has effectively destroyed that person's White Blood Cells (specifically the CD4 T cells). AIDS patients are usually thin, have easy brusing, they have pneumonia (most common infection is pneumocystis carinii), they have also white membranous overgrowth in their mucosal lining of the mouth, and suffer from a lot of bacterial infection, fungal infection. AIDS patients don't die because of AIDS, they usually die of the most common infection that a normal person's immune system would be able to kill off; so AIDS patients usually die of pneumonia, flu, meningitis etc.

It is also very hard to treat AIDS patients because their immune system has been wiped out, they are dependent on high doses of powerful antibiotics, which also have a lot of RENAL TOXICITY side effects. And the Anti-VIRAL drugs we give to patients to treat the HIV virus such as ziduvidine, azithioprine, etc, also have the propensity to cause APLASTIC CRISIS, it destroys the bone marrow, and causes bone marrow suppression, so it can cause aplastic anemia pod.

Delikado kaayo ni ilang situwasyon, Mike.

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