James Howard wrote:
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> My work suggests melatonin and DHEA act together in a cycle that is
> necessary for proper growth, development, and maintenance of all tissues.
> This material about melatonin and these cytokines further supports my
> theory of AIDS. This all means that, in AIDS, as in aging, the melatonin -
> DHEA cycle has shut down.
All of the pathologically aberrant processes attending infection
by HIV are a result of the activity of the viral glycoprotein
gp120 that is secreted by infected host cells. AIDS is the
sequelae of this infection.
Numerous metabolic cycles are affected. Gastric acid production
by parietal cells is probably one of the earliest. This and other
factors contribute to the phenomenon of wasting and interfere with
the growth and maintenance of host tissues.
All therapies designed to support host tissues and metabolic
processes are limited in their approach by temporarily improving
the generalized condition of the host without directly affecting
the site of intimate contact between the viral protein and its
host.
A good analogy would be taking anti-venom while a rattlesnake
is still attached to your leg. In the case of HIV, the gp120 it
produces in host cells is like a rattlesnake with an inexhaustible
supply of venom. Like the rattlesnake, even after death the virus
is capable of producing venom as isolation from the dead has
revealed.
You can pump up your patient with all the nutrition and hormones
you like. The question of outliving the snake is moot. What is
not open to argument is the painful reality of the loneliness of
the person to whom the snake is attached.
"Get thee behind me... "
Good luck and good hunting,
Charlie
Charles P. McCarthy, Clinical Specialist
Carmichael, CA USA
