Asian Bird Flu, Are we in danger?

Hallarian

New Member
ASIAN BIRD FLU
Asian Bird Flu is frightening but preventable until it mutates. The USA and Europe are unlikely to have cases for a while but travelers to Thailand could bring it home any time. We shouldn’t be complacent because Americans and Canadians travel to Bangkok all the time usually for sex despite the danger of HIV which is very high there. Americans and Canadians come home with sexually transmitted diseases at the rate of about 40% or four guys in ten. They bring home Asian Gonorrhea, syphilis, or venereal warts and pass them along to their girl friends or wives. The Asian variety of these infections are exceptionally hard to treat. I examine each of one of these guys for possible flu.

In Thailand the same guys also go to cock fights where chicken blood and saliva fly all over the place since these fights are generally held in small crowded rooms. I guess I’d dump the guy who came home to me from his sex vacation. On the other hand this wouldn’t be my kind of guy anyway. It’s common for a cock handler to pick up his bird and suck the blood and mucus from his beak to open his nostrils. A cock handle was the first KNOWN death from Bird Flu in Bangkok.

People get three kinds of flu A, B, C.. A is cause of most deaths from flu though most of these deaths are due to a secondary Bacterial pneumonia because the infected lung can’t defend itself and patient seeks help to late. Bird flu is a type A strain and we are only beginning to have a vaccine for it. The USA has bought two million doses of a new not well tested vaccine. It’s hoped that if a real emergency develops, this vaccine will work.

In 1918-1919 the “Spanish Flu killed between 20 and 5o million people world wide. No one is sure because they couldn’t count deaths in many parts of Asia and Africa. Many Survivors of that flu developed Parkinson’s disease from previously unidentified lesions in the brain.

1957-1958 an Asian Flu killed 70,000 Americans.
1967-69 Hong Kong Flu killed 34,000.

So how do we protect ourselves?
1. Eat a well balanced low fat diet with plenty of fruit and veggies and drink plenty of water.
2. Wash hands often. Shake hands with people as infrequently as possible and wash after wards. This is where the Asian greeting where people don’t touch is good.
3. If you are sick don’t go to work or school.
4. Get plenty of rest.
5, Stay out of crowds.
6. Limit your alcohol or recreational drug use. The drug that makes you happy makes the white blood cells that fight infection take the week off. They just lay back and enjoy then selves while you develop the infection they might have prevented,
7. Your health care provider nay decide you need an antiviral prescription medication.

I pray you stay well!!!!!
 

Amos Stevens

New Member
Hmm seems there is some germ out there everywhere you look ...why wonder they have movies made in the future of us living in a giant bubble

Thanks for the info Hallarian
 

Jules

Potters Clay
Ohhhh don't say that flu word...My little cub brought the flu home. ...shared with sibling and daddy...and the way I am starting to feel.....(turning a bit green)....Keep on this path and I will "ralph!!!" by morning. oohhh nooo....:(
 

ORANGATUANG

Wildfire
Boy iam glad iam wayyyyyyyy over here then...i dont want anything like that not could but would wipe me out ..no more Heather...i hope you are feeling better soon Julie ....
 

pantera

New Member
i think we're in danger. I heard scientifists say that in a couples of years, there'll be an epidemic of a new flu and that there'll be a lot of deads. They also said that it already happened several times in the past (with the flu). The germ seems to mutate every 20 years (i don't remember exactly the number of years) and that each time, a lot of people die before the doctors find out a new remedy.
So it's quite scarring.
 

TDWoj

Administrator
Staff member
My immune system has always sucked; if there's something going around that's catching, I'm bound to catch it.

Each time I get the flu, it lingers longer. First time I had it, in 1973, I was sick for only a week. Last time I had it in 1998, I was sick for four weeks.

Another thing that weakens one's immune system is stress. If you lead a life where there is lots of stress (as I do), one's immune system gets compromised and you are less able to fight off infections, so make sure you take steps to reduce the amount of stress in your life. If you don't exercise, work exercise time in - that helps to reduce stress. Schedule some "time off" for yourself, daily, if possible. Slow down; take a break. Breathe deeply and do relaxation exercises at your desk for a few minutes a day.
 

Serena

Administrator
Very interesting, Hallarian! Thanks for this. I've never gotten a flu shot in my life. Since I quit smoking over ten years ago, I seldom get a cold--maybe once a year. My sleeping habits and eating habits suck beyond belief--I never get enough of either.

And guess who was diagnosed with that epidemic of bronchitis we've had going on in Michigan a month ago?
And guess who was sick all weekend and was diagnosed with pneumonia this morning? :eek:

So, lesson to be learned here: Follow the steps in Hallarian's suggestions and get a flu shot.
And don't do as Serena does--do as Serena says. :D
 

TDWoj

Administrator
Staff member
Naughty Serena! And you a nurse! :eek:

I'll bet I know who'll be first in line to get a flu shot next year, eh...
 

Jules

Potters Clay
Thank you

ORANGATUANG said:
Boy iam glad iam wayyyyyyyy over here then...i dont want anything like that not could but would wipe me out ..no more Heather...i hope you are feeling better soon Julie ....
I am feeling a bit better now...well except for this splitting headache. I was up last night on the hour every hour. Funny thing is...I seldom get colds or flu. Oops!....so much for being cautious. Got it anyway. I even lost three pounds of fluids. Yuck (I know...too much info.)
 

Serena

Administrator
TDWoj said:
Naughty Serena! And you a nurse! :eek:

I'll bet I know who'll be first in line to get a flu shot next year, eh...
You'd THINK! :rolleyes: :indiffere
Someone needs to remind me of this next year--as I'm sitting here with the IV lead poking in my hand right now. :D
 

Hallarian

New Member
Serena
I've admitted 3 people for Type A so far (no flu shot). We may lose one and his wife is devastated. She had her shot, he refused. When he called me to say he'd had a cold i said he sounded more serious and I needed to see him. No show. Then his wife and daughter in law drag him and ten minutes I sent him off in an ambulance swearing at me for not letting him drive. His Oxygen saturation was 80. Normal needs to be over 90, 95 is better. It's always the folks who say but I haven't been sick in years.
 

Hallarian

New Member
Serena, how long do you think you have to be a patient? I assume your IVAC screams when you bend your hand. They shouldn't have let you bring your laptop to the hospital.

I may break down and buy a new laptop. The old one had 2 bullet holes and a crack when I rolled down ravine wall. Moisture gets in and the thing begins making funny words. May it's bored by what I type. Any way I have my eye on a used very light but sturdy one if I don't ditther around too long before I decide to buy it. My hints about Christmas are not woking sine the family is giving Christmas checks to favored charities which is far more important.
 

Hallarian

New Member
Amos, this is very true, But!!!!

Amos Stevens said:
Haven't you heard-nurses & drs make the worst patients :)

YOU are not supposed to remind us of that, You may need a shot someday. HMMMMMMM
 

TDWoj

Administrator
Staff member
Serena said:
Nahnah, Amos. :p :D
You tell him, Hallarian. ;)
But it's true. :rolleyes: :D

And besides, how are you supposed to take care of us sick people if you insist on getting sick yourself, eh, health care workers? Hmmmm?

Amos, you'd better make nice with the nurses, or you could be in serious trouble when it comes time to stick that needle! :eek:

-TD, recalling the days when her doctor, giving her her allergy shots, chose the "dartboard" approach to giving the needle and was grateful when the nurse got back from her leave so TD could get her shot and not have a sore arm for a week
 

Serena

Administrator
Well, SOME nurses, anyway. ;)
This one who inserted the IV yesterday was awful--kept mumbling to herself, poking, moving. :rolleyes:
I think it made her nervous knowing I was a nurse, like I was grading her. :D
She FAILED. Grade: D-. :D
 
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