What is immune reconstruction?

Studies show that if effective drugs against HIV, the immune system, in most cases, restores itself.

Immune reconstruction means that the organism is increasingly struggling with infections that otherwise could cause serious illness. Drugs control HIV, and it allows the body to increase the number of cells CD4, which shows the restoration of the immune system.

So what is a syndrome of immune reconstruction?

Remember that the immune system destroys HIV, and with the recovery of inflammatory processes are not well expressed. There arises a high temperature, redness, edema and the like, despite the presence of infectious. When the immune system is restored, the ability of these inflammatory processes returns. Consider the example LZ and eye infections. Treatment with antibiotics killed most of the microorganisms that cause infection eyes. Because the immune system LZ was destroyed, there was no inflammation.

When drugs against HIV strengthen the immune system, the body "felt" eye infections - organisms that remain after treatment with antibiotics. Sensing the presence of these organisms, recently restored the immune system launches inflammatory response, leading to fever, redness and edema eyes. Although the immune system LZ become more healthy, the eye condition had deteriorated ... in this irony immune deficiency syndrome reconstruction.

It is dangerous immune reconstruction?

Although the syndrome of immune reconstruction said on healing the immune system, it alone can be very dangerous. Depending on the exacerbation of infection it caused, it is necessary to appoint an aggressive treatment of the opportunists to prevent serious complications. In most cases, the syndrome of immune reconstruction of acute infection following:

- Pneumocystic pneumonia

- Herpes

- TSMV infection

- MAC infection

- Ulcerous lesions in the mouth

- TB

What should I do with syndrome of immune reconstruction?

Once again:
the restoration of the immune system - this is a good process and it should be retained, but with opportunistic infections and inflammatory processes must be as soon as possible to deal with.

Treatment with the syndrome of immune reconstruction following:

- Continuation of receiving antiretroviral therapy.

- Aggressive treatment of opportunistic infections: antibiotics or antiviral drugs.

- Short-receiving drugs based on steroids, which suppress inflammatory processes in the body.

Reconstruction immune deficiency syndrome - is a very complex and controversial issue because it raises "very high" effectiveness of therapy against HIV/AIDS. If there is such a problem, immediately contact your doctor, ask him to be more questions and participate in planning further treatment, which in the case of the syndrome should be very careful.