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Oxygen Therapies and HIV

Posted on 05 May 2010.

 Oxygen therapy is considered by many holistic physicians to be the safest and most effective method of treating AIDS and its associated infections. Oxygen therapy uses hyperbaric oxygen, ozone, or hydrogen peroxide to combat HIV in much the same way as the immune system uses self-generated oxygen free radicals (a single oxygen atom) to destroy bacterial and viral infections. The extra oxygen atoms in ozone (O3) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) break off and link with the invading molecules, altering their molecular structure, in effect killing the harmful cells and leaving behind only oxygen (O2) or water (H2O).

In one study, when HIV-infected blood was removed from the body and treated with ozone, the virus was completely deactivated in the test subjects. Another approach used by holistic physicians is to simply inject a diluted form of ozone into the bloodstream. This treatment can be done daily for several weeks at a time. French researchers Bertrand Vallancien and Jean-Marie Winkler studied ozone therapy with a group of patients with HIV, herpes, and hepatitis. After nine weeks of transfused ozone, T4 and T8 cells moved toward normal levels in all cases and the ozone treatments caused no problems. Ozone has also been found to be effective for AIDS-related diarrhea. German researchers use bioluminescence (the radiation of blood with ultraviolet light) in conjunction with ozone therapy to treat viral and other infections.

Hydrogen peroxide, like ozone, can be administered intravenously and can also be taken rectally by enema, vaginally, or transcutaneously (absorption by bathing). The late Charles H. Farr, M.D., Ph.D., a leading specialist in the use of hydrogen peroxide therapy, recommended the intravenous method of delivery. Other doctors use combinations of ozone and hydrogen peroxide and report equally good results as well, because of a synergistic response in the cells. Although hydrogen peroxide can also be taken orally, Dr. Farr did not recommend doing so because of how the enzymes of the stomach are unable to process it properly.

Since 1990, Michelle Reillo, B.S.N., R.N., has been treating AIDS patients with hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT—pure oxygen delivered for 30-60 minutes to patients inside a sealed chamber with high pressure) at Lifeforce Hyperbaric Oxygen Institute, in Baltimore, Maryland. Reillo and her colleagues concentrate on providing relief and reversing many of the complications associated with HIV infection or AIDS diagnosis. “Hyperbaric medicine has well-documented evidence supporting its use in many AIDS-defining complications and infections, regardless of the underlying disorder,” Reillo says. “HBOT would be an ideal intervention in the individual recently infected with HIV, because it decreases viremia (viruses in the blood), is not toxic to the individual, and decreases the microvascular and neurovascular (small blood vessel) damage occurring as the initial infection progresses throughout the body.”

HBOT has demonstrated its effectiveness in relieving peripheral vascular insufficiency. This means a reduced supply of blood to the feet and hands, leaving them cold and frequently painful. Reillo reports that, over a three-year period, 100 AIDS patients with this problem have received considerable benefit after receiving only two weeks of HBOT (three treatments per week). First among the symptoms to improve was fatigue, then an increase in the ability to exercise and tolerate activity, followed by a warming of the extremities, an increase in energy, and less pain in the legs and feet following activity. The level of oxygen in the tissues climbed from a low 79% to a healthy 98%, adds Reillo.

HBOT performs well as an adjunct to conventional antibiotic regimens for AIDS patients, Reillo explains. This is especially so in the area of opportunistic infections such as Mycobacterium avium complex, a deadly form of tuberculosis that attacks the bone marrow. This complication affects up to 20% of AIDS patients. Getting more oxygen invariably stimulates the appetite and the patients want to eat more, says Reillo. “Oxygen makes you hungry,” she says. With appetite improvement, Reillo counsels AIDS patients on the details of a well-balanced, nutritionally rich diet. “The healthier you eat, the less likely you are to lose weight and develop infections,” she states.

One of the most serious consequences of AIDS is the dangerously low level of T cells, but here again HBOT is helpful, says Reillo. Over the course of four months of HBOT, Reillo was able to get a woman`s T cells to climb from 400 to 800; even better, her CD4 count doubled.

While the oxygen free radicals generated in oxygen therapy are deadly to viruses and bacteria, they can also do damage to healthy tissues if left unchecked. When the body manufactures these oxygen-based defense substances, it follows this immediately by sending protective antioxidant enzymes to quench the process before harm to healthy tissue can take place. Nutritional support is generally recommended with any oxygen therapy, particularly vitamin C supplementation, which acts as a stabilizing antioxidant.

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