by Stacey Leigh Gonzalez
Can a zombie apocalypse really occur? (click here) Tara Smith, an associate professor from Ohio's Kent State University is issuing an international call to action to fund and promote studies on how to prevent a possible zombie outbreak.
"Zombie expert Matt Mogk defines a zombie with three criteria: it is a reanimated human corpse; it is relentlessly aggressive, and it is biologically infected and infectious. But Mogk notes that this definition has been altered by the recognition of 'rage' zombies, which are infected but still alive," Smith wrote on a recently published BMJ study....
There has been a focus in some states regarding problems with fungus and molds. The only way to stop a fungus that has taken over part of the body is removal of the appendage or otherwise. There have been some very disfiguring surgeries performed to save the lives of people.
...In a report by EurekAlert, Smith believes that the increase of similar zombie pathogens should be a sign that additional attention and funding should be provided into studying possible disease outbreaks.
It makes sense that New Jersey's Rutgers would be working to fight fungal infections, because, it is the state where the pharmaceutical industry lives. This tragedy still goes on even in the USA.
December 23, 2015
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences
Ask someone (click here) what the term 'fungus' brings to
mind, and chances are it will be an image of something that smells or
looks disgusting. Ask David Perlin, executive director of the Public
Health Research Institute at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, and the
response will be far more somber -- because he knows how deadly fungi
can be.
Fungal infections take more than 1.3 million lives each year
worldwide, nearly as many as tuberculosis. Perlin has made it his
mission to reduce the death toll and severe disability that fungi can
cause."More than a million people around the world are blind because of fungal infections of the eye," Perlin points out, "and half of the world's 350,000 asthma-related deaths each year stem from fungal infection that could be treated effectively with drugs."
In addition, fungal infections can complicate the recoveries of organ recipients. They also are the stuff of vaginal yeast infections, which strike nearly three quarters of American women at least once in their lifetimes according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....
Diflucan has been in practice for a long time. It is the best EARLY treatment to prevent the systemic tragedy of fungus. When a systemic infection sets in Diflucan can be used in conjuction with intravenous-in hospital theray Amphotericin B.
It seems to me the practice of medicine has answers that can help to drive away infection, however, the best medicine is still prevention in home and basement environments. Crawl spaces below homes can always be wet and breed the killer without anyone knowing it, except, 'FOR THAT SMELL.'
Fluconazole is also used to treat meningitis caused by a certain type of fungus, as well as to prevent yeast infections in patients who are likely to become infected because they are being treated with chemotherapy or radiation therapy before a bone marrow transplant.
