HIV --------------------------------- HIV = IRON 6 MONTHS / 2 GAL. WATER WITH LEMONS PER DAY AID = IRON 1 YR / 2 GAL. WATER WITH LEMONS Side effects Side effects of therapy with iron are most often diarrhea or constipation and epigastric abdominal discomfort. (EAT oranges) Taken after a meal, side effects decrease, but there is an increased risk of interaction with other substances. Side effects are dose-dependent, and the dose may be adjusted. The patient may notice that his/her stools become black. This is completely harmless, but patients must be warned about this to avoid unnecessary concern. When iron supplements are given in a liquid form, teeth may reversibly discolor (this can be avoided through the use of a straw). Intramuscular injection can be painful, and brown discoloration may be noticed. Treatments with iron(II) sulfate have higher incidence of adverse events than iron(III)-hydroxide polymaltose complex (IPC)[18][19][20] or iron bis-glycinate chelate.[21][22] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LIARS: 4 TIMES A DAY See: Iron -- Natural Medicine A - Z According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), these individuals have a gene mutation that can cause iron overload, which can lead to hemochromatosis -- a disorder that can result in organ damage due to significant and excessive absorption and storage of iron. People of European descent are most likely to be in this risk group. ------------------------------------------------- HIV/AIDS From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the disease. For the virus, see HIV. For other uses, see AIDS (disambiguation). HIV/AIDS Classification and external resources A red ribbon in the shape of a bow The red ribbon is a symbol for solidarity with HIV-positive people and those living with AIDS. ICD-10 B20 – B24 ICD-9 042-044 OMIM 609423 DiseasesDB 5938 MedlinePlus 000594 eMedicine emerg/253 MeSH D000163 Human immunodeficiency virus infection / acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).[1] During the initial infection a person may experience a brief period of influenza-like illness. This is typically followed by a prolonged period without symptoms. As the illness progresses it interferes more and more with the immune system, making people much more likely to get infections, including opportunistic infections, and tumors that do not usually affect people with working immune systems. Bacterial protection In response to a systemic bacterial infection, the immune system initiates a process known as iron withholding. In iron withholding, the free iron in the plasma binds to transferrin, making it harder for bacteria to obtain it. The body cells, however, can easily get iron from transferrin.[4] If bacteria are to survive, then they must obtain iron from their environment. Disease-causing bacteria do this in many ways, including releasing iron-binding molecules called siderophores and then reabsorbing them to recover iron, or scavenging iron from hemoglobin and transferrin. The harder they have to work to get iron, the greater a metabolic price they must pay. That means that iron-deprived bacteria reproduce more slowly. So our control of iron levels appears to be an important defense against bacterial infection. People with increased amounts of iron, like people with hemochromatosis, are more susceptible to bacterial infection.[5] Although this mechanism is an elegant response to short-term bacterial infection, it can cause problems when inflammation goes on for longer. Since the liver produces hepcidin in response to inflammatory cytokines, hepcidin levels can increase as the result of non-bacterial sources of inflammation, like viral infection, cancer, auto-immune diseases or other chronic diseases. When this occurs, the sequestration of iron appears to be the major cause of the syndrome of anemia of chronic disease, in which not enough iron is available to produce enough hemoglobin-containing red blood cells.[1] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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