The Swine Flu is NOT to be thought of as simply 'another' virus. The victims are completely atypical. These are young healthy adults in their 30s, they don't usually die from the flu. This is different. I have spoken with a young woman that had the virus and she stated while recovering from the virus she sustained two different bacterial infections as well. She was treated outpatient, but, was quite ill for more time than one would expect. The treatment probably needs antibiotics at the onset as well as fluid support for body organs. It sounds like shock to me. Like, a 'Septic Shock.'I am completely guessing here, but, it sounds as though the virus hungers for 'high fat content' and results in attacking muscle and releasing myoglobin.I can't help but wonder what kind of blood tests medical doctors are using to ward off the effects of H1N1. We know this virus loves an obese environment, therefore, it probably has a rapid and high demand on the body for energy at the time of infection. If the body doesn't deliver the energy in high amounts that would be found in the obese immediately it begins to attack muscle tissue in search for its 'best' environment and thus creating artificially what it cannot find otherwise.By establishing itself inside the body of an organism and establishing a food source such as fat or muscle, it then rapidly replicates and send the victim into shock. There has to be acknowledgement by the populous that once they have the virus they do not 'stay at home' and eat chicken soup. The public should seek immediate medical attention upon realizing they are infected.There ? can ? be a trend in the 'body types' most heavily effected by this virus. It was stated it has an etiology from a Mexican pig farm. What happened to the pigs? Did they have a sudden collapse or did they go undetected for a period of time? Some of the trend found at the source of the infection might reveal some clues about ultimate treatment, however, we might be seeing mutated strains as the coarse of this virus continues.Are the people infected with this virus, that die, depleted of healthy body tissue? Are they coming in very sick or slightly sick? My thoughts are that if the virus has everything it needs by infusing D5 or even D10 it will leave the body tissues alone. The NS will continue to infuse the kidneys and maintain body pressure without compromising the integrity of the myocardium. I can't help but expect most of these folks are autopsied until more is revealed about the virus. Autopsies should include microscopic examination of heart tissue and kidney tissue to find if the virus is setting up its best environment first in those organs.Both the kidney and the heart have their own supply of adipose tissue that protect them from friction and the like, is it those tissues the virus also finds attractive and therefore effects the outcome of the patient, no different than Vioxx was found to remove fat tissue from around the heart then leading to heart attack and heart failure.There is a reason for this trend and to 'feed a virus' exactly what it wants might help save the person.
Good luck.
...South Florida hospitals see some of the same trends. (click title to entry - thank you) ``We're finding it in a huge variety of populations,'' said Dr. Lillian Abbo, assistant professor of infectious diseases at the University of Miami Medical School/Jackson Memorial Hospital. ``We're seeing it in young healthy adults we wouldn't expect to get as ill as this.''
The Canadian study looked at 168 swine flu patients in 38 adult and pediatric intensive care units. The patients who arrived at the hospitals with severe cases of flu had an average age of 32.2 years. Thirty-three of them died within 90 days of being admitted to the hospital.
``Our data suggest that severe disease and mortality in the current outbreak is concentrated in relatively healthy adolescents and adults between the ages of 10 and 60 years,'' wrote the study's chief author, Dr. Anand Kumar of the Health Sciences Centre and St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg....
...Patients admitted to hospitals in the Canadian study with severe symptoms usually had low levels of oxygen in the blood, fluid in the lungs and, in the most serious, multisystem organ failure, the study said. The patients worsened quickly after being admitted, most being transferred to intensive care units within two days. Most survived after intensive, long treatment....
