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Eithne01, The treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) has changed significantly since the late 1990s, with the development and subsequent approval by the Food and Drug Administration of imatinib (in 2001), the first of a class of medications called tyrosine kinase inhibitors, which target the specific abnormality that causes CML. Before that time, patients were treated with other therapy, including interferon and bone marrow transplant, and had very poor outcomes.

It is possible that the white blood cell count would normalize after 2 weeks of taking Imatinib (Gleevec). Most responses to Imatinib are rapid since it targets the molecular pathogenetic event in CML. You may seek a second opinion if that will give you a peace of mind. Good luck.

lots of people die all the time because they reject traditional treatments and go with 'natural' things instead I would think of using alternatives along with regular treatments, but not in place of them. Some alternative things might have some benefit. Isn't homeopathy the approach where you dilute some substance down to one part per billion or so, and then expect it to actually have some curing power?

Are you currently on any medication like imatinib? The neutropenia can be due to your current medication. You can ask your hematologist for G-CSF injection if you have persistent neutropenia. Patients with CML are immunocompromised and can easily acquire infections. Neutropenia also puts a patient in an immunocompromised state. For now, it is very important to prevent acquiring any infection. You should avoid crowded places and persons with ongoing infection. Good luck.

Hi. Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) is a blood disorder caused by an acquired genetic defect in the pleripotent stem cell. It has several phases: indolent chronic or stable phase, aggressive or advanced phase, and accelerated and blastic phase. The transition between phases may take years (on the average, 4 to 6 years from the stable phase to aggressive phase).

Average survival rates are generalizations, not applicable to a particular patient. The prognosis is relatively good. Newer techniques are being tried, including imatinib and stem cell transplantation. All the best, and God Bless!

Found an article from the New England Journal of medicine NEJM first hit in my google search “Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis Associated with Hepatitis C Virus Infection“ Apparently this condition is on the spectrum of known extrahepatic conditions that are associated with hep c infection in some patients. There is an article titled “Extrahepatic manifestations of chronic hepatitis C virus infection” on ncbi.nlm.nih.

The valtrex and reduction in transmission study in the NEJM jan 1, 2004 is a terrific article to read. You can register to read it fo rfree on their website.

http://healthland.time.com/2013/01/02/being-overweight-is-linked-to-lower-risk-of-mortality/ Probably the key lies somewhere in the finding that 'overweight' people--but not the truly obese--are at less risk. My own suspicion is that the pleasantly plump are simply better nourished in general, giving them a natural edge in terms of survivability when illness or disaster strike.

My infant daughter has this too. I read on NEJM that bath/hair/body products containing lavender or tea tree oil/fragrance can cause the breast buds as they have estrogenic effect. I have eliminated these recently. I would suggest you do so too.

TY for the reply. Yes I was told and am thinking that its parasitc or allergy. I went to aruba in June but that wouldn't have an affect on me now, would it?

But they also pointed out that Fumaderm, as well as a compounded product known as Psorinovo -- involved in one of the NEJM reports -- contained other active ingredients, and the patients had additional "significant confounding factors" as well" "One patient in the Netherlands and another in Germany developed PML after several years of treatment with European formulations of the drug, long available as psoriasis treatments, according to two separate case reports in the April

You can read the whole valtrex and reduction in transmission study for free on the NEJM website ( jan 1, 2004 issue ). Just register there and you can read it. Yes, 2/3's or so of the folks who transmitted the virus during the study were not remembering to take their medication at least 80% of days. Remembering to take it daily ups the odds of not transmitting to a partner even more. I've never transmitted the virus to a partner since I"ve been on daily suppressive therapy.

Often these references are hyperlinked to the original source (say the pdf file of a nejm paper). Will you allow these hyperlinks? Your current TOS forbids links and hyperlinks.

The HALT-C patients in that NEJM article were enrolled between Aug '00 and Aug '04 and treated for 3.5 years. I believe that article publishes data originally reported at AASLD'07 Here's a summary of an abstract from EASL'08 reporting data collected in the COPILOT study http://www.hcvadvocate.org/news/reports/EASL_2008/Advocate%20EASL%202008%20Coverage.

This really doesn't sound like it's herpes to be honest. He should get a herpes lesion culture done though if it's been more than a few days the chances of it being negative are pretty high. The only other option is to repeat his blood test in a few months. The valtrex and transmission study published in the NEJM in 2004 showed that in the partners who's hsv2+ partners were on suppressive therapy contracted hsv2, they were more likely to have asymptomatic infections.

Therapy with corticosteroids is used for the treatment of most and additional therapy is available and dependent upon the type of HS. Newer medicines such as imatinib and mepolizumab are said to be promising. So, should your son have HS, there is reason to be optimistic regarding a positive response to currently available therapy. You should request, of his doctor, an additional explanation for the tentative diagnosis of pre-hypertension. Good luck.

Ok so approx 4 weeks ago had unprotected oral sex with two women from backpages. Received oral twice and received riming once during. Ok so freaking out right now. Became violently sick Friday night vomiting lasted most the night. Still feeling nausus slightly. Occational direah. Somewhat ache, no fever or rash at this point. Urin is darker then normal. My major concern is had SE. With my wife 5 days post. Worried about her and the possibilty of transmission to her if I was exposed.

Mikesimon gave you the statistics with percentage for rash. I can tell you my personal experience, and what I've heard from others. It seems that people who have trouble with rashes anyway (fair skin) tend to get the worst rashes on Tela. I've never had problems with skin rashes in the past. While on the Tela for the first 8 wks of tx, I developed a rash which was dry, itchy, burning and sandpapery, which began at 6 or 7 wks. It was mostly on trunk and arms and thighs.

I'm sure that anyone who has obsessed over a possible GHSV infection is familiar with the NEJM article (published in 1999) that gives data on conversion times. I'm fairly certain that that article is what Anna Wald and Terri Warren are quoting when they go forward with their own guidance around when someone should expect to build detectable antibodies.

UVL also deactivates many viruses with the assistance of the extra Vitamin D it produces within the epidermis tissue according to research discovered in the NEJM and JAMA archives. As soon as I began this regimen along with the carrot juice, (riboflavinoids - quercetin contained within and it's highly alkalizing - although wheatgrass juice would be preferred but wasn't handy), she immediately began to turn around - within 30 minutes.

Why are antibodies to HSV2 so prevalent in the western world given the results of several studies (e.g. NEJM, Jan 2004 – suggesting an approximate 5% annual transmission between discordant couples not engaging in sex during ‘outbreaks’? 3. What is your opinion on screening asymptomatic people? 4.

that number comes from the valtrex and reduction in transmission study done and published in the NEJM a few years back ( know it was the jan 1 issue but can't recall the date at this point ). It's the same stat quoted in the free herpes handbook by Terri Warren, our herpes expert here on medhelp too.

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