Recent advances have occurred in understanding the role of malnutrition in AIDS. Topics such as the AIDS' wasting syndrome, metabolic changes, the role of opportunistic infections and weight loss are covered. This definitive volume includes a foreword from the National Institute of Health and provides considerations for special patient populations including children and women. The book is broken into three major sections; after an introductory section that presents general information on the subject and some background, the second section details the effects of HIV on specific body functions including metabolic changes, gastrointestinal function, micronutrients, endocrinopathies and other organ systems. The third section presents the different types of nutritional interventions that seek to combat or alleviate these problems.
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978-0-340-74195-5 (9780340741955)
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Foreword from the National Institute of Health
The AIDS wasting sydrome
Dietary intake and weight loss patterns in HIV infection
Body composition changes during HIV infection
Metabolic alterations in HIV infection
Diarrhea and HIV infection
Micronutrients and micronutrient replacement therapy
Cytokine mediators of metabolic changes in HIV infection
Endocrine dysfunction in AIDS
Weight loss and the role of secondary infection in AIDS wasting
Role of viral infection in nutrition
Health-related quality of life and HIV-related nutritional problems
Special considerations for the pediatric patient
Neurology and nutrition in HIV disease
Malnutrition and cardiac abnormalities in the HIV-infected patient
Enteral and parenteral support
Appetite stimulants
Growth hormone and other pharmacologic interventions
Alternative dietary therapies for patients with HIV infection and AIDS
Exercise and HIV infection
Dietary recommendations for the HIV
AIDS patient.
