AIDS

Sign/Symptoms
Chills Fever (Raised Body Temperature) Immune Dysfunction Lymph Nodes Swollen (Glands) Night Sweats Reduced Immune System Function Sweating (Perspiring) Weakness Weight Loss (Body Mass Index Decreased)

Drugs
Zidovudine

Treatments
Medical Procedure Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) Strongly Against Moderate Evidence Vitamins Vitamin C No Recommendation Very Low Evidence

Attributes
GeographicalRegion is Africa GeographicalRegion is Third World Countries GeographicalRegion is South East Asia

Further Tests
Alpha-1 Antitrypsin (AAT) Concentration Alpha-1 Antintrypsin (AAT) (Increased) CD4plus T Cells Count CD4(plus) T Cells (Decreased) D-Dimer Blood Test D-Dimer (Increased) Erythropoietin (Ep) Concentration Erythropoietin (Ep) (Decreased) Fibrin Degradation Products (FDPs, Fibrin Split Products, FSPs, Fibrin Breakdown Products, Fbps) Fibrin Split Products (Increased) Fibrinogen Concentration test Fibrinogen (Increased) Fibrinopeptide A (FPA) Action Assay Fibrinopeptide A (FPA) (Increased) HIV Serology Test (Elisa Test for for Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, AIDS) HIV Serology (Specific Antibodies for HIV, AIDS) (Increased) Intracranial Prassure Monitoring (CSF Pressure) Intracranial Pressure (Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure, CSF Pressure) (Increased) Lymphocyte Immunophenotyping Total T cells (CD3(plus)) (Decreased) Helper T cells (CD3(plus), CD4(plus)) (Decreased) B Cells (CD19 Percentage) (Decreased) Natural Killer Cells (CD16 Percentage) (Decreased) CD4 to CD8 Ratio (Decreased) Lymphocytes Count Lymphocytes (Decreased) Testosterone Concentration Testosterone (Decreased) Thyroxine Binding Globulin Concentration (TBG, Thyroid Binding Globulin, Blood) Thyroxine Binding Globulin (TBG, Thyroid Binding Globulin, Blood) (Increased) Urine B2 Microglobulin Concentration Urine B2 Microglobulin (Increased) Urine Urobilinogen Concentration Urobilinogen (Urine) (Increased)

Efficacy of Alternative and Other Treatments According to GRADE* Ranking:

Cannabis (Marijuana, weed, hemp) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]:

Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It may mildly help with some of the symptoms, and even then has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present.

Recommendation: Weakly in favor (Evidence shows that smoking or ingesting cannabis may help in relieving symptoms of decreased appetite in AIDS, and may aid in patients regaining lost weight, although some studies have yielded mixed results)

Grade of Evidence: low quality of evidence

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT):

NOT RECOMENDED

Recommendation: strongly against (available evidence shows that HBOT is in no way useful in treating HIV/AIDS, and can have harmful effects. NOT RECOMENDED)

Grade of Evidence: Moderate quality of evidence

Neuro-Linguistic Programming:

Recommendation: weakly against (Available evidence shows that Neuro-linguistic Programming does not help to treat HIV/AIDS

Grade of Evidence: very low quality of evidence

Naturopathic Medicine:

Recommendation: weak against (available evidence shows that Naturopathic medicine does not help to treat HIV AIDS. )

Grade of Evidence: very low quality of evidence

Vitamin E Supplement [11, 12]:

Recommendation: No recommendation (There is insufficient evidence to show that vitamin e is able to treat AIDS)

Grade of Evidence: Very low quality of evidence

Vitamin C [13]:

Recommendation: No recommendation (There is insufficient evidence to show that vitamin c is able to treat AIDS)

Grade of Evidence: Very low quality of evidence

Vitamin B Complex [14]:

Recommendation: No recommendation (There is insufficient evidence to show that vitamin b complex is able to treat AIDS)

Grade of Evidence: Very low quality of evidence

* www.gradeworkinggroup.org

Summary References

Treatments:

1. Ades T, Alteri R, Gansler T, Yeargin P, "Complete Guide to Complimentary & Alternative Cancer Therapies", American Cancer Society, Atlanta USA, 2009

2. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/marijuana.html

3. http://nccam.nih.gov/research/extramural/awards/2004/

4. http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/TreatmentsandSideEffects/ComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine/HerbsVitaminsandMinerals/marijuana

5. http://www.nationalmssociety.org/about-multiple-sclerosis/what-we-know-about-ms/treatments/complementary--alternative-medicine/marijuana/index.aspx

6. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16957511

7. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12965981

8. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17589370

9. http://mct.aacrjournals.org/content/6/11/2921.long

10. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2562334/?tool=pmcentrez

11. http://www.nutritionjrnl.com/article/S0899-9007(00)00227-6/abstract

12. http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/6/9/3641

13. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6238227

14. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8349197

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