Nutrition and HIV A New Model for Treatment

by Romeyn, Mary

• ISBN13: 9780787939649
• ISBN10: 0787939641
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-03-16
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

Treating HIV with Nutrition Nutrition and HIV addresses the issues of nutrition and HIV from the perspective of the patient as well as the physician. Everyone who is interested in the problems of--and solutions to--nutritional therapy in HIV owes it to themselves to read this book. --Paul A. Volberding, M.D., director, Center for AIDS Research, San Francisco This reference book offers a sound nutritional model for sustaining and improving quality of life for HIV positive men and women. It outlines an easy-to-follow program for the prevention and treatment of weight loss--a common problem that if left untreated could lead to serious health decline or even death.

Author Biography

MARY ROMEYN, M.D., is an internist on staff at St. Francis Memorial Hospital, San Francisco, with a private practice specializing in HIV and nutrition. She has served on the Food and Nutrition Subcommittee of the Board of Trustees of Project Open Hand, and sits on the Scientific Advisory Committees of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and HIV Care. She is a member of the volunteer clinical faculty of the University of California at San Francisco Medical School, and writes and lectures on nutritional aspects of HIV management.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition	xi	(4)
Preface to the First Edition	xv
PART I Nutrition and HIV	3	(18)
1 A New Model for Treatment	3	(8)
2 Understanding the Process of Wasting	11	(10)
PART II What You Can Do for Yourself	21	(112)
3 Starting Your Own Assessment	21	(10)
4 Vitamins, Minerals, and Trace Elements	31	(34)
5 Other Supplements That Enhance Immune Response	65	(8)
6 Improving Your Appetite	73	(12)
7 Improving Your Environment	85	(14)
8 Sex, Drugs, and Exercise	99	(30)
Epilogue: Your Personal Program	129	(4)
PART III What You Can Do with Your Doctor	133	(188)
9 Choosing a Doctor	133	(14)
10 Understanding Your Health Care Plan	147	(14)
11 Monitoring Your Nutrition	161	(10)
12 The Wasting Syndrome	171	(38)
13 Fighting the Virus	209	(24)
14 Secondary Infections	233	(18)
15 Special Problems	251	(26)
16 Joining Studies	277	(8)
17 Women and HIV	285	(14)
18 What to Do: Algorithms for Care	299	(22)
PART IV Taking Charge: How to Direct Your Own Healing	321	(24)
19 Taking Charge of Your Medical Care	321	(10)
20 Feeding the Soul	331	(14)
APPENDIXES	345	(52)
I 1993 CDC Criteria for a Diagnosis of AIDS	345	(2)
II Diet Diary and Nutritional Assessment Form	347	(17)
III List of Caloric Values	364	(7)
IV Vitamin Supplementation Sources	371	(1)
V Types of Studies to Evaluate Drug Effects	372	(3)
VI HIV Flow Sheet	375	(3)
VII Recommended Schedules for Prophylaxis of Infection	378	(3)
VIII HIV Intake Physical	381	(3)
IX Buyers' Clubs and Information Sources	384	(5)
X Partial List of Feeding Programs	389	(3)
XI Water Safety	392	(3)
XII Antiretrovirogram: Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors	395	(2)
Glossary	397	(10)
Index	407	(20)
The Author	427