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Because there is No time to waste...
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"...The people who have died from HIV died not from the causes listed on their death certificates, but in fact, from wasting -- starvation from within."
Dr. Mary Romeyn, M.D.
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Urge your State & Federal Legislators:
Support programs to help combat unintentional weight loss:
 | More anti-wasting drugs and nutritional supplements on the CADAP and Medicaid formularies.
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| More support for nutritional and complimentary care programs.
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| More support for programs and services for early screening and prevention of unintentional weight loss.
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| Standards of care for people with HIV/AIDS in hospital and clinic settings, including body composition analysis, muscle mass and weight
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The Greater
New Haven HIV Consumer Council
http://www.hivcouncil.org/ |
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Because
there is NO time to waste! |
Facts
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| FACT:
Since 1989 researchers concluded that the timing of death from
AIDS wasting is related to the magnitude of body-cell-mass depletion.
"We
concluded that the timing of death from wasting in AIDS is related to
the magnitude of body-cell-mass depletion rather than the identity of
the specific disease process that causes the depletion."1
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| FACT:
Since 1994
researchers have found that Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis is one of
the best predictors of survival for AIDS patients. "In
our model the phase angle-- was a better single predictor of survival
than any other nutritional parameter tested (body weight, BMI, serum
nutritional parameters) and was also superior to widely used CD4+
cell count."2
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| FACT:
Since 1998 researchers demonstrated a clear relation between
weight loss and an increased risk of individual opportunistic
complications. "Our
data demonstrate that weight loss of as little as 5% to 10% of body
weight over 4 months is predictive of death and an increased risk of
opportunistic complications, even those with no history of a previous
or concurrent opportunistic complications."3
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| FACT:
In 2001
there are still no standards of care for people with HIV/AIDS in
hospital or clinical settings that includes monitoring body
composition, weight, nutritional status, and treatments in
Connecticut.
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| FACT:
People with
HIV/AIDS are starving to death and are literally wasting away.
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1 Kotler
DP, Tierney AR, Wang J, Pierson PN Jr. Magnitude of body-cell-mass
depletion and the timing of death from wasting in AIDS1-3 Am
J Clin Nutr 1989;50:444-7
2 Ott M, Fischer H, Polat H, et al. Bioelectrical Impedance
Analysis as a Predictor of Survival in Patients with Human
Immunodeficiency Virus Infection. J Acqui Immune Defic Syndr Hum
Retrovirol 1995;9:20-5
3 Wheeler DA, Gibert CL, Launer CA, et al. Weight Loss as a
Predictor of Survival and Disease Progression in HIV Infection. J Acqui
Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol 1998;18:80-5 |
The
Greater New Haven HIV Consumer Council
http://www.hivcouncil.org/
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