marco@ozdaltx.UUCP (marco) (05/29/89)
Well, Dave.... Blood transfusions are just not that "simple", and
"complete" transfusions have deleterious effects. HIV is a blood-borne
virus that can infect a number of other tissues linked via the circulatory
system. I've read where experimentation on transfusion therapy has
been hailed as "helpful", but long-term implications are yet unknown.
--
Steve Giammarco
AIDS Resource Center
Dallas TX 75219
{ames,rutgers,texsun,smu}!killer!ozdaltx!marco rwright@gatech.edu (Ronald K. Wright) (05/30/89)
In article <24284@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> AS.DLH%STANFORD.BITNET@oac.ucla.edu (David Hatt) writes: >Something has been bothering me for some time regarding people who >are HIV+. My question is: > > Why can't a simple and complete blood >transfusion be done when a person is diagnosed as HIV+? In addition to not working because it would get a minimal number of lymphocytes,as they mostly live out of the blood stream, it will not work because transfussion will not effect the brain cells. Microglia and neurons are both infected early in the course. -=-=-==-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- R.K. Wright MD | uflorida!novavax!rwright Chief Medical Examiner | uflorida!novavax!medexam!rkw Assoc.Professor of Pathology(Univ.Miami)| umbio!rwright Broward County Florida | allegra!novavax!medexam!rkw