用中医治疗艾滋病.ppt

Objective  To introduce the etiology and pathophysiology of AIDS from a biomedical and Chinese Medical perspective using portions of the Classics and modern clinical discussion, To discuss the most frequently seen clinical presentations of AIDS, To introduce clinically relevant herbal treatment methods for these presentations. Pandemic AIDS is a chronic, incurable, viral disease which destroys the body’s adaptive (acquired) immune system, leaving it vulnerable to myriad opportunistic infections. HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), the virus that causes AIDS, is transmitted via body fluids (blood, semen, vaginal fluid, pre-ejaculate, breast milk) from one infected person to another. Modes of transmission: unprotected sexual intercourse, IV needle stick, MTCT (mother to child transmission via birth breastfeeding). Some Sobering AIDS Statistics Globally, between 33.4 and 46 million people currently live with HIV. ? UNAIDS and the WHO estimate that AIDS has killed more than 25 million people since it was first recognized in 1981, making it one of the most destructive epidemics in recorded history. ? More than 64% of all people living with HIV are in sub-Saharan Africa, as are more than three quarters (76%) of all women living with HIV.? In North America, an estimated 1.4 million people are infected.* The U.S. had 1.2 million people living with HIV last year. The U.S. therefore ranks among the top 10 countries in terms of infected people.* What exactly is Immunity? Strict definition: “Nonsusceptibility to the invasive or pathogenic effects of foreign microorganisms, or to the toxic effect of antigenic substances.” 1 “A condition of being able to resist a particular disease, especially through preventing development of a pathogenic microorganism, or by counteracting the effects of its products.”2 1 – /omd.asp?q=immunity 2 - /medlineplus/mplusdictionary.html HIV/AIDS Immunity Structure of the Immune System Acquired Immunity Cell-Mediated Immunity: