Cytomegalovirus infection is a condition which is usually asymptomatic in normal and healthy individuals, but which can cause significant symptoms and affect almost any body organ in immunocompromised individuals. An infected mother can pass on the infection to her unborn child resulting in significant congenital abnormalities, or the mother may experience frequent abortions. The prognosis for Cytomegalovirus infection thus usually depends upon the underlying disease as well as the overall immune status of affected individual.
Ayurvedic herbal treatment for Cytomegalovirus infection is usually focused upon improving the immune status of affected individuals. Ayurvedic herbal immunomodulatory agents are used in high uses so as to boost the immune status in as short time as possible, so as to reduce the total treatment time of affected individual, reduce the severity of symptoms, prevent complications, and avoid recurrence of the infection. In order to treat the infection, Ayurvedic herbal medicines which have a known anti-viral action can also be used to control the infection at the earliest so as to treat the symptoms and prevent long-term complications.
Pregnant women who are positive for TORCH infections or who have a history of recurrent abortions or congenital abnormalities in the newborn can be treated with Ayurvedic herbal medicines to remove the root cause of the condition. Treatment for Cytomegalovirus infection can be started about two or three months in advance of conception, so as to prevent complications during childbirth as well as prevent congenital abnormalities in the newborn.
The duration of treatment for Cytomegalovirus infection in immunocompromised individuals depends upon the severity of the infection as well as the immune response of the patient; however, almost all individuals benefit significantly from Ayurvedic herbal treatment and can obtain a long lasting cure from this condition. Ayurvedic herbal treatment thus has a significant contribution to play in the management and treatment of Cytomegalovirus infection.
The writer, Dr. A. A. Mundewadi, is available as an online Ayurvedic Consultant at www.ayurvedaphysician.com
