While the details as given don’t sound like Ebola, still it is better not to take chances. I have written previously that Ebola might be successfully treated by high doses of intravenous and oral Vitamin C. Apparently the first thing the virus does is wipe out all C stores in the body, so you have instant end stage scurvy. Tissues fall apart and victim bleeds out. I recently read in the 2006 World Book Science Year that it had been discovered that American black with Sierra Leon ancestry had a higher rate of premature births. It seemed to be related to fragility of the collagen holding the womb together. Perhaps this is why those from in and near Sierra Leon are especially susceptible to this virus. Check out Dr. Frederick Klenner, Dr. Cathcart and Dr. Linus Pauling for more info on potential for Vitamin C as treatment of Ebola and other hemmorhagic fevers.
Most people with Ebola don’t die from bleeding, but from dehydration leading to hypovolemic shock and organ failure.
Simple rehydration solutions might make a big difference in survival rates, constant replenishment of fluids before shock sets in.
If you can link to any studies suggesting that Vitamin C depletion is a factor in Ebola disease, I would appreciate it.
Will you confirm my thesis that there is no such thing as Ebola?
I have written a scholarly treatise on the topic, reproduced below:
Ebola Does Not Exist
We have shown that Ebola does not exist. It is a psychosomatic presentation and is entirely imaginary.
Carry on.
References:Acknowledgements: World Health Organization, US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, National Institutes for Health, US Navy. 1Liberia Ministry of Health and Social Welfare; 2National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC; 3Epidemic Intelligence Service, CDC; 4Los Angeles County Health Department; 5National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC; 6Center for Global Health, CDC; 7Montserrado County Community Health Department; 8Médecins Sans Frontières; 9Liberian Red Cross Society; 10International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies; 11National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, CDC (Corresponding author: Matthew Westercamp)
- Liberia Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. Liberia Ebola daily sitrep no. 173 for 4th November 2014. Monrovia, Liberia: Liberia Ministry of Health and Social Welfare; 2014. Available at http://www.mohsw.gov.lr/documents/SITRep%20173%20Nov%204th%202014.pdf Adobe PDF fileExternal Web Site Icon.
- CDC. Ebola outbreak in West Africa: case counts. Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC; 2014. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/outbreaks/2014-west-africa/case-counts.html.
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Vitamin C? What quackery!
It’s dried chipmunk spleen! That’s the cure that’s being suppressed by Big Pharma!
Wonder how much the People are not being told and then one has clues. Most of the People, regrettably, trip over clues all the time and stumble on as if nothing happened.