Today, the infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), is a dramatic demonstration of the interaction between malnutrition and infection. HIV transmission from mother to fetus is greater when the mother is rich in vitamin A. The infection is most rapidly among people who are fed poor are poor. And severe weight loss and muscle, are the advanced features of the disease), acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). As with other infections, HIV interacts with malnutrition in a vicious circle, a devastating cycle. If untreated, infection with HIV in runs (AIDS). The virus attacks the immune system to destroy its victim. If a person is unable to fight infections and malignant diseases, diseases quickly exhausted marginal stores of nutrients, which accelerates the path of severe malnutrition and death. However, malnutrition and HIV interact at different levels than others, and:
1. Low levels of vitamin A in pregnant women to an increased rate of transmission of HIV to their unborn children.
2. HIV is transmitted in the milk of animals for children, but in poor regions of the increasing replacement of breast milk is usually too infantile diarrhea, malnutrition and death.
3. AIDS is the mother too weak to feed and care for their children. Finally, children orphaned by AIDS.
4. AIDS disables the parents so that they can not work to support and feed their families.
5. Reduced levels of micronutrients people infected with HIV with rapid progression of HIV infection and AIDS.
6. The loss of weight and muscle mass loss in a person infected with a more rapid progression of HIV infection and AIDS.
7. Infections that accompany AIDS fever and diarrhea, malnutrition, doing even worse. Nausea and anorexia also contribute to malnutrition.
8.Severe protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) from untreated AIDS, distinctive and often the actual cause of death.
In June 200, Sub-Saharan Africa 24.5 million people were infected with HIV. South-east Asia had 5.6 million people are infected with HIV, and Latin America are 1.3 million. Without treatment or cure these people are condemned to death, usually within 10 years after the first infection. The fate of severe PEM in millions of people who seem inevitable. If you do not stop the further spread of HIV, the number of victims of PEM grow even higher.
Malnutrition and HIV Interact
August 23rd, 2009 by admin Leave a reply »
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