IT IS AIDS PATIENTS THAT NEED ARMENICUM, NIKOLAY KOLESNIKOV SAYS
YEREVAN, April 14 (Noyan Tapan).
Despite the information spread through the Internet, Nikolay Kolesnikov is
alive and in a good state of health. A few days ago he arrived in Yerevan
with his wife Marina. On April 13 Armenian journalists had a meeting with
Kolesnikov.
Kolesnikov himself shows a philosophical attitude to the rumors about his
death, saying, "There are people who think that I am dead, let them go on
thinking so". Kolesnikov said that he feels well, has no complaints, enjoys
a good appetite, especially in the "Armenicum" clinic, as "the food here is
like in restaurants".
When in Hamburg, Kolesnikov talked to Professor Ditrich who examined him
and assured him that his immune system was in a normal state after the
treatment with Armenicum. But, after returning to Moscow, Kolesnikov learnt
from newspapers that the translator had made a mistake and that Professor
Ditrich assessed his state as very grave.
Kolesnikov has arrived in Yerevan to go through a regular medical
examination. The doctor in charge of Kolesnikov's case, Head Infectionist
of Armenia, Levon Mkhitarian pointed out that proceeding from the results
of chemical analyses for the last year, a steady improvement of the
patient's state of health is apparent. A year ago, when Kolesnikov was
taken to the "Armenicum" clinic, he had complaints such as weakness,
tiredness, headache, diarrhea, scab, etc.. After the first course of
treatment, Kolesnikov stopped complaining. Another testimony to the disease
receding is the fact that now it is diagnosed at the B-1 stage, whereas it
was diagnosed at the B-2 stage before i.e. before the treatment the number
of the SD-4 cells was 420, and now it was over 600 and is fluctuating
within the norm. The blood test conducted on April 12 also testifies to the
normal functioning of the patient's liver. Positive changes are also
observed in the functioning of the heart and lungs, and the most important
thing is that, as doctors say, the "cutaneous phenomena" wore off.
According to Mkhitarian, Armenian doctors never spoke of Kolesnikov's
complete recovery: the matter concerns the improvement of the patients'
state, which is obvious in Kolesnikov's case.
"I do not know whether an anti-Armenicum campaign is really being
conducted, but I find that this preparation is not needed by either Russia
or any other country. It is AIDS patients that need it," Kolesnikov said.
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