Kaposis sarcoma treatment

Kaposis sarcoma, treatment,

is not curable, (in the usual, sense of the word,)

effectively palliated,

for many years, and this is the aim,, of treatment,

In kaposis-sarcoma, associated, with immunodeficiency,

(or immune, deficiency,)

the immune system's, ability, to fight, infectious, disease,

is compromised, or entirely, absent, or immunosuppression,

treating, the cause, of the immune, system, dysfunction,

can slow, or stop, the progression, of kaposis-sarcoma,

Kaposis-sarcoma patients

In 40%, or more of patients,

with AIDS-associated, Kaposis-sarcoma,

the Kaposi,lesions, will shrink,

upon first starting,

highly, active, antiretroviral, therapy, (HAART).

Antiretroviral, drugs, are medications, for the treatment,

of infection, by retroviruses, primarily HIV,

several, such drugs, three, or four, are taken in combination,

known as Highly, Active, Antiretroviral, Therapy, or HAART,

Recommended treatment

Kaposis sarcoma, treatment,

recommended, antiretroviral, treatment,

to all patients, with AIDS,

complexity, of selecting, and following, a regimen,

severity, of the side-effects, and the importance,

of compliance, to prevent, viral resistance,

importance, of involving, patients, in therapy, choices,

and recommend, analyzing,the risks,

and the potential, benefits, to patients,

Extreme cold

Cryosurgery, (cryotherapy),

application, of extreme, cold,

to destroy, abnormal, or diseased, tissue.

Liquid, nitrogen, A common, method, of freezing ,lesions,

is using liquid, nitrogen, as the cooling, solution,

The super-cooled, liquid, may be sprayed, on the diseased,

tissue,

Carbon dioxide, Less frequently, doctors use carbon, dioxide,

"snow", formed, into a cylinder, or mixed, with acetone,

to form, a slush, that is applied, directly,

to the treated, tissue,

Argon, gas ,to drive ice formation, using, known as

the Joule-Thomson, effect,

This gives physicians, excellent, control, of the ice,

and minimizing, complications, using ultra-thin, 17, gauge,

cryoneedles,