Herbal Remedy For AIDS-Part 2
The system which protects you from infectious organisms is called as the immune system. When this immune system comes under attack your body cannot function well. This condition of your body, in which the functioning of the defence mechanism of your body is impaired by a virus called HIV, is called AIDS. AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. The HIV or Human Immunodeficiency Virus gradually damages the cells of your immune system, making your body susceptible to opportunistic infections, infections that do not cause the disease but become pathogenic when your body’s immune system is impaired. According to the United Nations, the deadly virus has infected an estimated 39.5 million people worldwide. Sexual contact with an infected person is mainly responsible for transmission of the virus. It may also spread when an AIDS infected mother breastfeeds her baby. Infection through use of syringes used by an AIDS patient is the most common reason behind the spread of the disease. You may not know when the virus has infected you because you may have no signs or symptoms of the deadly disease initially. After three to six weeks you may develop rash, enlarged lymph nodes, fever, headache, nausea or sore throat. These symptoms usually disappear within a month or so. The virus continues to multiply and gradually destroys your immune system which becomes weaker day by day, making the body vulnerable to infections.
A person infected with HIV loses strength as his/her immune system gets deprived of the ability to fight minor infections. As a result, many illnesses develop. Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which is the cancer of lymph glands, Kaposi’s sarcoma, tumour of the blood vessel walls, cervical cancer, skin cancer, salmonellosis or food poisoning, tuberculosis, cytomegalovirus infection, which damages the eyes, viral hepatitis, a viral infection of the liver and cytomegalovirus infection, which can affect any organ of your body, are some of the illnesses caused if you are suffering from AIDS. Other illnesses caused due to AIDS include painful swallowing, memory loss, persistent headaches, shortness of breath, soaking night sweats, diarrhoea, vomiting, confusion, vision loss, blurred and distorted vision, vomiting, swelling of glands located in the throat, armpit and groin, unusual blemishes on the tongue or in the throat, coma, depression, muscular stiffness or aching, seizures and lack of coordination, purple spots on the surface of the skin, inside the mouth, anus or nasal passages, severe or recurring vaginal yeast infections, pneumonia, anaemia, weight loss, bouts of extreme exhaustion, easy bruising, severe numbness or pain in the hands or feet and paralysis or loss of muscular strength.
There has been a lot of research on treatment of AIDS. However, there are no drugs which can kill the virus. Drugs that mitigate opportunistic infections can palliate the illnesses caused due to the virus. Antiretroviral medications help in minimising opportunistic infections but not all infections can be treated with the use of these medications.
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