subject: A New Treatment for Human Cytomegalovirus [print this page] A New Treatment for Human Cytomegalovirus
Human Cytomegalovirus or Human CMV (HCMV)is aherpes virus that infects 7080% of the population of the western world. It can give rise to several diseases including pneumonia and retinitis. It is also known to cause congenital disorders. 1 It is a common opportunistic infection in immunocompromised individuals such as AIDSpatients and organ transplant recipients.2 Simply put, when you are infected this virus it causes various organ diseases, neural damages in fetuses and causes severe morbidity or eventual mortality in AIDS or organ transplant patients. 5
The treatment of HCMVinfections is difficult because few therapeutic options are available.At present ganciclovir, foscarnet, and cidofovir have been approved for the treatment of HCMV infections. Although the treatment of HCMV infectionswith these drugs has produced clinical improvement in a largeproportion of patients, the drugs suffer from poor oral bioavailability,low potency, the development of drug resistancein the clinic, and dose-limiting toxicities; and for treatments with some of these drugs,the patients need to be confined in ahospital. 1
But just recently, a study conducted by the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Tongli Hospital Affiliated with Tongfi Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, China showed that Quercetin has a much higher anti-human cytomegalovirus effect than ganciclovir. 3
Quercetinis a plant-derivedflavonoid found in fruits, vegetables, leaves and grains. It also may be used as an ingredient in supplements, beverages or foods.4 The American Cancer Society says quercetin "has been promoted as being effective against a wide variety of diseases, including cancer." 4
Some foods rich in quercetin include black and greentea, capers, lovage,apples,onion, especiallyred onion,red grapes,citrus fruit,tomato,broccoli and otherleafy green vegetables, and a number of berries, includingraspberry,bog whortleberry,lingonberry,cranberry,chokeberry,sweet rowan,rowanberry,sea buckthorn berry,crowberry, and the fruit of theprickly pear cactus. A recent study found thatorganically grown tomatoes had 79% more quercetin than"conventionally grown".4
You need to have a diet rich with the mentioned foods in order to get enough quercetin to prevent or if already infected, to counter the effects of HCMV. This may be easy to say but it can be difficult to get the necessary amounts of quercetin in a human diet.
Fortunately, there is an easier way. Gene-Eden, a natural anti-viral supplement developed by Dr. Hanan Polansky contains Quercetin along with 4 other antiviral natural ingredients. This amount of Quercetin is in the recommended dosage. Gene-Eden has made Quercetin readily available compared to the other treatment options for HCMV. Aside from this, the other 4 ingredients of Gene-Eden namely: Green Tea Extract, Licorice Extract, Cinnamon Extract, and Selenium also have hundreds of scientific papers demonstrating the antiviral effects of each ingredients.
Consider trying Gene-Eden now, rather than risking further HCMV infection to yourself or if you're pregnant, to your child. Compared to other available treatments too, taking Gene-Eden is more convenient than being confined in the hospital for treatment of HCMV.
For in depth information about Gene-Eden, visit http://www.Gene-Eden.com. Gene-Eden is also available on Amazon.com.
Sources:
1. Effects of Human Cytomegalovirus Infection on Ligands for the Activating NKG2D Receptor of NK Cells: Up-Regulation of UL16-Binding Protein (ULBP)1 and ULBP2 Is Counteracted by the Viral UL16 Protein.
2. Imparative Study of the Anti-Human Cytomegalovirus Activities and Toxicities of a Tetrahydrofuran Phosphonate Analogue of Guanosine and Cidofovir.
3. An in vitro study of anti-human cytomegalovirus effect of Forsythia suspensa and its main active ingredient quercetin].
4. Wikipedia article on Quercetin.
5. Original Article Anti-human cytomegalovirus activity of constituents from Sasa albo marginata (Kumazasa in Japan).
