Posted on 09/14/2014 3:16:15 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Besser warned parents to watch out for symptoms of coughs and wheezing among their children, especially if their children are asthmatic.
"The best approach for prevention is what we talk about all the time for respiratory infections, colds, and flus and that's really good hand washing," Besser said.
...
Children who contract enterovirus D68 first suffer from what appears to be a common cold, with symptoms including a runny nose, coughing, and sneezing, according to Besser.
The symptoms then escalate to difficulty breathing. Besser said parents should look out for their children exhibiting signs of wheezing, difficulty eating or speaking, and blueness around the lips.
Doctors have found a way to treat the symptoms, helping kids breath more easily so they can get through the virus, Besser said.
"It's the same medicine that's used for children who have asthma," he said. "But when I was in the emergency room this week in St. Louis, they were giving it to children
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
Yes, and cause for drowning polar bears by bringing the wrath of Global Warming down upon us all...
Meanwhile scientists are trying to salvage their credibility by asking if we are prepared enough for the "new ice age".
Ice Age Imminent (and similar articles)
*sigh*
And it's popping up all over.
Twin Cities internist Chris Foley is a faithful reader whom I know in his professional capacity.
Today he writes to address the case of the mystery
virus:
It might be worth a short commentary re the connection between the sudden “mystery”
virus that is hospitalizing children all over the US
and the indiscriminate distribution of illegal alien kids “all over the US.”
By the way the article from the
Journal that I cited [linked above] likely represents gross underreporting which is
typical in South America.
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2014/09/the-case-of-the-mystery-virus.php
Thanks Obola, everything you touch dies.
Please provide stats to explain this outbreak is NOT an anomaly and is not related to the invasion/infestation of south American vermin.
I think those are different scientists. The iceagenow.info blog has been covering the school of climatology prevalent in Russia and Denmark that studies solar phenomena, rather than general circulation models of the earth’s atmosphere, all throughout the attempt to foist hysteria about anthropogenic global warming on the world. It is vilified as a “denier” site by the “scientists” you mistakenly believe are trying to salvage credibility.
I would note that the solar models of the earth’s climate the predict an approaching ice age agree with observation going back centuries, while the atmospheric models that support anthropogenic global warming can’t be forced to fit observation back even fifty years.
Ping...
Thanks for the ping!
For the past 10 or 12 years, we have not had a proper summer.
Last year, in the beginning of October, we had a devastating *ice storm* that nearly took out my willows and mulberry.
I despise this “global warming” lie.
We used to be out on the Harleys by the end of March and rode clear into November.
Now, we’re lucky if we get out by mid-June and by mid-September, we’re done.
As the 33 year cycle has come full circle, we’re back to worrying about the next ice age...just like the late ‘70s, only the whole AGW thing has slowed the response to real data this time....
You’re Welcome, Alamo-Girl!
We homeschool.
The kids also attend gymnastics, karate, and have homeschooling group trips. So, homeschooling won’t protect them.
‘ObamaFlu’...it’s catching on.
In a study of 3,375 people aged 25 years old and younger who came to clinics in Latin America presenting with flu like respiratory illness, 16% of them had a rhinovirus (HRV’s, i.e. the common cold) of which 38% of those rhinoviruses identified were the strain HRV-C.
3% were identified as having a human enterovirus (HEV) out of which most were found to be between HEV-A/HEV-B. In addition to those more common strains, both EV-D68 and EV-A71 were identified. The abstract doesn’t say in what percentages, but if HEV’s only made up 3% and most of them were HEV-A/HEV-B, one could assume that EV-D68, while identified, made up a smaller percentage of the 3%.
Additionally the abstract seems to conclude that in Latin America, their findings were statistically similar to those in as those found in “other regions”.
And by reading the full study:
Among HEVs, coxsackieviruses, both A and B, were the most predominant. We also identified low numbers of EV-D68, which has been associated with respiratory disease by others [10], although never in the countries of our study. In addition, we identified two cases of EV-A71, an agent traditionally associated with hand-foot-and-mouth disease, as well as severe neurological and cardiac complications [36,37]. EV-A71 has also been infrequently linked with respiratory disease in Canada [38], Taiwan [39], and Australia [40], although never in Latin America.
Abstract
BACKGROUND:
Human rhinoviruses (HRVs) belong to the Picornaviridae family with high similarity to human enteroviruses (HEVs). Limited data is available from Latin America regarding the clinical presentation and strains of these viruses in respiratory disease.
METHODS:
We collected nasopharyngeal swabs at clinics located in eight Latin American countries from 3,375 subjects aged 25 years or younger who presented with influenza-like illness.
RESULTS:
Our subjects had a median age of 3 years and a 1.2:1.0 male:female ratio. HRV was identified in 16% and HEV was identified in 3%. HRVs accounted for a higher frequency of isolates in those of younger age, in particular children < 1 years old. HRV-C accounted for 38% of all HRVs detected. Phylogenetic analysis revealed a high proportion of recombinant strains between HRV-A/HRV-C and between HEV-A/HEV-B. In addition, both EV-D68 and EV-A71 were identified.
CONCLUSIONS:
In Latin America as in other regions, HRVs and HEVs account for a substantial proportion of respiratory viruses identified in young people with ILI, a finding that provides additional support for the development of pharmaceuticals and vaccines targeting these pathogens.
The EPA banned the “old” propellant in the inhalers ,, the new propellant seems to make the inhalers less effective ...
Thanks for the background. It was just a sample of multiple reports.
Yes - I've heard that? I couldn't believe they did this. It's like discarding an entire group of people proper medical treatment because of a fairy tale.
Only a fool would NOT be suspicious of disease crossing the border illegally. Our government can always be trusted to lie about the problems their border policy causes. Disease is one of them, along with bedbugs and other creepy critters.
The horseman of ‘peace’, the horseman of war, the horseman of poverty, the horseman of pestilence. Kinda’ creepy. Maybe I will faint if I ever see the guy.
Diseases crossing our borders would be those that are common in other countries, but not the US. These would be diseases like Chaga's disease, dengue, chikungunya, polio, etc. A disease like EV-D68, which has been extremely rare, is more likely the result of a super-spreader and travel within the US (no foreign involvement necessary).
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