1. AIDS and its TCM Treatment 艾滋病的中医治疗

2. Knowledge of AIDS ●What’s AIDS? ●What’s HIV? ●How is HIV spread? ●Symptoms ●Treatment

3. What is AIDS? AIDS stands for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome —— 获得性免疫缺陷综合征

4. ● The illness was first reported in the United States in 1981, which has since become a major worldwide epidemic. In China, it was discovered in 1985. ● AIDS is caused by HIV.

5. What is HIV? HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus —— 人类免疫缺陷病毒

6. ● HIV is a virus that weakens the body's immune defenses by destroying CD4 lymphocytes. ● By killing or damaging cells of the body's immune system, HIV progressively destroys the body's ability to fight infections and certain cancers. ● The term AIDS applies to the most advanced stages of HIV infection.

7. How is AIDS spread? There are several common ways that HIV can be passed from person to person, including:

8. ● Having unprotected sex with someone who is infected ● Using needles that have been used by people who are infected ● Receiving infected blood products or transplanted organs ● Transmission from mother to child – An infected mother may pass the virus to her developing fetus during pregnancy, during birth, or through breastfeeding.

9. Symptoms In its early stages: ● fever 发热 ● nausea and vomiting 呕吐 ● diarrhea 痢疾，腹泻 ● fatigue 疲劳 ● swollen lymph nodes 淋巴结肿大 ● muscle aches 肌痛 ● headaches 头痛 ● joint pain 关节痛

10. Next ， as CD4 cell levels drop below normal (normal is 800 -1,200): ● night sweats 盗汗 ● fever 发热 ● weight loss 体重减轻 ● diarrhea 痢疾，腹泻 ● weakness 虚弱 ● swollen lymph nodes 淋巴结肿大 ● easy bruising 易挫伤

11. Finally, as CD4 cell levels continue to drop, the patient develops AIDS ● CD4 count has decreased to 200 or below ● An opportunistic infection has developed ● A tumor has developed ● An AIDS-related brain illness has developed ● There is severe body wasting (HIV wasting syndrome)

12. Treatment highly active antiretroviral the rapy ， HAART —— 高效抗逆转录疗法 “ 鸡尾巴酒 ” 疗法 （何大一先生）

13. ● Doctors choose a combination of antiretroviral drugs to fight HIV infection. By using several different drugs simultaneously, the doctors hope to increase the effectiveness of AIDS treatment by attacking HIV at multiple points in its manufacturing cycle. Drug combinations also limit the risk that drug-resistant HIV will develop. The ultimate goal is to suppress HIV RNA to undetectable levels on follow-up blood tests.

14. Currently-available antiretroviral drugs include: ● Nucleoside analogs ——— 核苷类似物 ● Protease inhibitors ——— 蛋白酶抑制剂 ● Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors —— 非核苷类逆转录酶抑制剂

15. Disadvantages ● Side effect ● The price is too high

16. Bacterin ● Bacterin hasn’t been discovered.

17. We should realize the illness correctly! One day,people can conquer the illness!

18. Thank you!