About AIDS
Fri., July 11, 1997
AIDS Wasting Syndrome is one of the most common - and one of the most life-threatening - conditions facing a person in later-stage HIV disease. Many factors cause AIDS Wasting Syndrome: increased metabolism through infection and fever; malabsorption and diarrhea; diminished food intake because of mouth ulcers, nausea, lack of appetite and changes in the way foods taste; and poor regulation of cytokines, which can cause the body to "dissolve away" its muscle mass. Even a healthy HIV patient has a higher metabolic rate than normal and requires a greater nutrient intake to prevent loss of lean body mass.
HIV Wellness Center and AIDS Services of Austin are co-sponsoring a special workshop to address this condition on Saturday, July 12, noon-3:00 p.m. at the Austin State Hospital Canteen, 4100 Guadalupe (use 41st Street entrance.)
The "Built To Survive: POWER Workshop" will be led by renowned wasting specialist Nelson Verge, BS, MBA of Houston. Mr. Verge has presented this workshop at conferences and in cities throughout the world. He will address current medical approaches to fight wasting, with special emphasis on the latest therapies for increasing muscle mass and strength for HIV-infected people. Primary attention will be paid to the introduction of anabolic steroids in a therapeutic program that has been shown to significantly enhance lean body mass.
Snacks will be provided. Seating is limited, so please RSVP by calling the HIV Wellness Center at 512/467-0088.
-- Bart Loeser, HIV Wellness Center
ASA Info Line: 458-AIDS
