Effect of Yoga Therapy on the CD4 Counts and Haemoglobin among HIV infected Subjects

In the present era, the individuals are subjected to various kinds of diseases/disorders due to unhealthy living and lack of awareness regarding the personal health. AIDS is a condition in the body that the whole immune system is collapsed due to the Virus namely Human Immune-deficiency Virus (HIV) . The treatment of HIV/AIDS is a highly challenged job across the world. Currently, the modern medical science considers HAART as the only effective therapy for HIV which slows the progression of HIV into AIDS and it helps in the prevention of opportunistic infections. Along with the beneficial aspects of HAART, there are lot of side effects too which becomes fatal to the HIV/AIDS subjects. Haematological and biochemical abnormalities like Cytopenia, Anaemia are among the most common pathological manifestations of HIV subjects on HAART. The present study is chosen in order to find out an alternative and authentic approach through yoga for the betterment of quality of life of HIV infected people. In this study, 42 subjects are selected which involve both males and females. The subjects are divided into two groups equally i.e., Experimental Group and Control group of 21 subjects each. According to the symptoms and condition of the subject, the Experimental Group members were practiced various Yogic Practices. Control group subjects continued their normal routine. Both the groups were under their regular HAART treatment. The duration of the study was 6 months i.e., 3 months practice and 3 months follow-up. A Paired t-test was executed in the study to analyse the significance of the result statistically. There is highly significant improvement in the Parameters of experimental group such as CD4 count, Total Count of WBC and Haemoglobin clinically as well as statistically. There is no significant improvement in the Parameters of control group clinically. By considering the obtained result, it is discussed that the positive changes in the experimental group are only because of the implementation of yogic practices.