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>Regarding Kate McMurry's very interesting post about
>increased mortality amoung HIV+ African moms who
>breastfed...got me thinking. Could increased
>mortality be due in part to the naturally altered
>hormonal state of a bfing mother? I don't know a lot
>of the details of how HIV proliferates in the human
>body; however, I cared for several pregnant women with
>cancer during my years in high-risk OB. Sadly, cancer
>loves few things like it loves pregnancy. Not only
>does the disease progress more rapidly during
>pregnancy (a slightly hypermetabolic state), but
>chemotherapy, and often radiation, are
>contraindicated. Could the hormones of breastfeeding
>have a similar effect on HIV?
>All you biochemistry and biology buffs...any thoughts?
For what it is worth to the conversation, it is
my understanding the MS is also exacerbated by
pregnancy.
Naomi Bar-Yam
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