Hemopurifier- have you heard of it?

[NurseRies, BSN, RN]

This filter is being tested in clinical trials to reduce viral loads in the blood stream. It has been used in India and has been shown to reduce hepatitis C and HIV viral load by 50% in just one 4-hour treatment. This filter connects to any standard dialysis machine and applies the same principles as dialysis, but the membrane size is a lot smaller, so it allows the virus to be removed.

Recently, yesterday actually, it was released in the news that a patient with ebola in Uganda, who was on a ventilator and already had multiple organ failure was tested with a hemopurifier treatment. The patient improved dramatically and is going to be discharged soon. The company claims that this hemopurifier can treat many types of viruses and may be an answer to future pandemic problems and possibly lymphoma.

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The Aethlon Hemopurifier® | Product Pipeline | Aethlon Medical, Inc.

[NYbabyRN, BSN, RN]

Thanks for sharing!

[No Stars In My Eyes]

just.....WOW!

[Chisca, RN]

I think the technology is the same that is being used to develop a wearable kidney using adsorbtion into the filter to remove solutes. In this case the viruses are stuck to the filter and thrown away after treatment.

[idialyze, BSN, RN]

Way cool!

[NurseRies, BSN, RN]

Yeah exactly! The virus sticks like glue to the fibers made especially to remove viruses. The amazing part is that it is able to do this while leaving the bodies immune system intact to continue to fight the virus. They believe it can also be used to remove exosomes, which have been known to spread cancer. Lower exosomes in the bloodstream are now correlated to much better outcomes for cancer patients. So it could slow down the spread of cancer potentially. So cool! It has been done approx 100 times on humans and has succeeded every time in reducing viral loads significantly, with no adverse effects thus far.

I wonder if it will be approved by the FDA. My only thought is that pharmaceutical companies may be opposed to this because if they can treat viruses and cancer with lower usage of drugs, the drug business loses money. This could be a conflict with government and shareholders, etc. But really, if this can almost take the HIV cells in the bloodstream to undetectable, how can we not advocate for this product. Time will tell. I think there are way too many legalities and games to play these days with the field of medicine.