Posted on 10/05/2014 4:58:05 PM PDT by BunnySlippers
The doctors who treated them have another idea and they think what theyve learned can save Ebola patients in Africa. What almost killed Brantly, they say, were irregular heart rhythms caused by whats called electrolyte imbalance the loss of minerals because of his constant, unending diarrhea.
The closest infectious disease we can compare it to is cholera, Dr. Bruce Ribner, who heads the special containment unit at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta where Writebol and Brantly were treated, told NBC News.
As with cholera, the constant vomiting and diarrhea pull all the fluids from the body, and with them sodium, potassium, magnesium and calcium the so-called electrolytes that help the cells in organs such as the heart, brain and kidneys to function.
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There are several organic antivirals but to my knowledge they all inhibit clotting to an extent so I’d be wary of using them. Garlic, for instance. Maybe while asymptomatic but then how would anyone know short of a fairly obvious brush with a known case of the disease?
“Apparently, that is untrue...”
Yes, thanks I realized that as I went along.
Even though I did not wish this man RIP, I do really hate to say what I’m about to say, but I think it is still true.
It will be much better if this man dies. Should he be cured desperate ebola sufferers will start flooding in like Central American middle schoolers.
Duncan is dead.
I read he was comatose and being kept alive on a respirator.
Imagine what social mayhem the ebola zombie resurrection rumors would cause.
Brantley himself attributed his survival to having received a transfusion of local African blood from other infected survivors before he contracted the disease.
BunnySlippers,
Why do i get the notion that you are a 6 foot tall hairy old guy.
Just a thought!
I read elsewhere that his kidneys have failed and he is on a respirator.
If reports I have read of how the disease progresses he is past the tipping point and will die. Either the immune system kicks in or does not.
I’ve been told that taking a teaspoon of yellow mustard works to alleviate them also...I did get up once to try it but the bottle was nearly empty so I didn’t get any relief but hey - anything is worth a try when they can be so painful.
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