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Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) treatment with alternative medicine modalities has been proposed and attempted, although there is as yet no clear evidence that alternative medicine — or traditional "Western" medicine — has much efficacy for a patient with a diagnosis of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, a severely debilitating and usually fatal disease caused by an opportunistic infection.
Although progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy used to be a very rare disease, it's in the news lately because it has been observed in patients who do not have the medical history that is typically associated with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy; i.e., a weakened immune system due to HIV, AIDS, or immunosuppressant drug treatment following organ transplantation. The "new" progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy patients are those who have been treated with:
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Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy is indeed progressive — it causative viral infection continues to attack and destroy the myelin sheaths of nerve cells in the brain, causing a variety of symptoms such as:
The aim of both alternative medicines and traditional treatments for progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy is to fight the viral infection by strengthening the patient's immune system. A few of the proposed alternative treatments for progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy are those that have been tried for a similar disease, multiple sclerosis. Some of them include:
It must be noted that none of the above-listed forms of alternative medicine have been studied in relation to progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, and because every case is unique, each individual patient is advised to consult the physician(s) who made the progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy diagnosis regarding all possible treatment options as well as a list of symptoms. Unfortunately, no cure has been established for progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, and any treatment — alternative or traditional — is essentially supportive-only.
If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with PML, the treatment programs can be rather costly. If your PML was caused by a medication such as Raptiva or Tysabri, you may be eligible to seek compensation for your losses including medical bills and life-long treatment programs. For more information about recovering compensation for your losses, please contact us today. Our experienced progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy attorneys offer free consultations to individuals and families affected by PML.
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