Homeopathic Ways of Treating the AIDS Patient

Homeopathic treatments for patients with the early stages of HIV and for patients with early stages of AIDS have been proven effective.  Some homeopaths have been able to help patients in advanced stages of AIDS but these are not considered a normal result.  There are exceptions to this rule and some patients were given a better quality of life after receiving homeopathic treatment.

The use of conventional drugs takes a toll on the body because of the many side effects.  Conventional drugs can stop working if the virus becomes resistant to those drugs.  An advantage to using homeopathic treatment is they can begin immediately when a patient starts displaying symptoms of opportunistic infections.

Homeopathy has a history for success in treating infectious diseases.  Many of the most fatal infections have successfully been treated with homeopathic treatment.  History shows patients treated with this natural therapy had lower death rates from diseases like scarlet fever, pneumonia, typhoid, and cholera.  Hospitals, prisons, and insane asylums experienced high success rates in treating patients with these diseases with homeopathic treatments.  Homeopathic medicine is now being used to treat viral infections in the world today.

Homeopathic treatments improve the body’s own defenses.  In laboratory tests, eight of ten viruses were inhibited by 50 to 100 percent.  With similar studies, scientists found no significant effect on viral infections.  The complexity of the issue would suggest that finding the right homeopathic medicines to use together would be useful in treating viral infections. 

In one case homeopathic treatment was given to an AIDS patient with the late stage of AIDS.  He was so sick that he developed AIDS-induced dementia.  After refusing all conventional drugs a San Francisco doctor and instead had acupuncture, homeopathic medicines, and natural herbs.  Today, the patient is healthy and has no signs of dementia.  He has not had any opportunistic infections in several years.  This is one case where homeopathic medicine helped with a late stage AIDS patient. 

Patients using homeopathic medicine will normally develop a fever after taking the medication.  Homeopaths agree the fever is a helpful part of the response to the medicine and should not be suppressed.  Fever is a response to infection and using homeopathic treatment and medicines encourage this body response. 

Homeopathic medicine is another form of alternative treatment plans that are available to the AIDS patient.  Many doctors who treat AIDS patients have had success with combining conventional and homeopathic medicines.  Alternative methods of treatment are becoming more accepted in the medical world especially for patients with AIDS.  The conventional medical world should not ignore these alternative ways of treatment.  Patients with AIDS may insist on trying other methods of treatment while still taking conventional AIDS drugs.  Alternative treatments have been proven to give some patients a better quality of life while being treated for AIDS.

Patients with HIV or AIDS should take an active role in the treatment of their disease.  Don’t be complacent or allow others to make critical decisions in your treatment.  Work with your medical team and find a group that will help you if you decide to use homeopathic treatments as well as conventional drugs.

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