Posted on 03/04/2020 8:46:09 PM PST by familyop
Connor Reed, a 25-year-old expat from Llandudno in North Wales, has worked in a school in Wuhan, China, for almost a year. In November he became the first British man to catch the coronavirus...Day 9: Even the kitten hanging around my apartment seems to be feeling under the weather. It isn’t its usual lively self, and when I put down food it doesn’t want to eat...Day 11: Suddenly, I’m feeling better, physically at least. The flu has lifted. But the poor kitten has died. I don’t know whether it had what I’ve got, or whether cats can even get human flu.
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inhalers might help open airways to the lungs- at least it will help with inflammation to help reduce swelling, but really, that won’t do much if any good i would think in the lungs where the lungs are being destroyed- A Neubilizer would be the best I would think-
Thanks for that- I’ll check it out
They used to say that pneumonia was the ‘old man’s friend’ inthat it would put a person into a coma liek state before the person actually succumbs to the damaged lungs- wonder if this virus is liek that- hopefully it is- wil lwatch video tomorrow
Plus, he said he wanted to save the anti-biotics for when he might REALLY need it. Yet he says he was feeling the worst he ever felt. Well, if there’s anytime to take your meds it is when you feel worse than you ever felt and think you are dying and then your pet croaks off... kind of a sign to follow medical instructions... And yeah. My ex is a BSN. I understand how hospitals work. :)
Thanks for the tip on “MedCram” on YT! This older UK nurse/PhD/nurse educator has some good info too:
https://www.youtube.com/user/Campbellteaching/videos
Sorry. WAY too much speculation about the kitten.
Did he find the kitten dead?
Did he tell anyone at the time?
Was there a necropsy of the kitten make a post-molten diagnosis that the kitten indeed has COVID-19?
Without that, it’s speculation at best.
On inhalers and nebulizers, steroids decrease immune responses in people. I don’t know whether or not those drugs would be prescribed or continued during a pneumonia treatment for COVID—19.
well they are used in emergencies- where the person could die if their airways don’t get opened up- but I’m not sure what they would do if soemone is on ventilator- maybe there’s other ways to keep airways open without steroids- does a tube go right into lungs with ventilator? If so- a person wouldn’t need the rescue inhalers- i woudl think
thnaks for that link too- good info-
There are 2 kinds of pneumonia: Viral and Bacterial.
Antibiotics only work on Bacterial pneumonia. Antibiotics weaken your immune system, which makes it worse if you have Viral pneumonia.
He did the right thing since his pneumonia was cause by a Virus.
Hopefully rats get it and it’s deadly.
After a brief consideration, I realize that the problem with advocates of large, feral populations of that particular invasive species and its variety of associated bio-threats against people can solve itself. I don’t know for sure whether or not cats transfer the Wuhan Flu to people, but it’s an interesting topic.
When moving into previously occupied housing, people who care about people should protect themselves against bio-hazards and chemical hazards (drugs from previous occupants, etc.) in general while cleaning. Then they should learn the effective electronic, chemical and natural methods of preventing feral animals and neighbors’ animals from occupying or defecating on their properties while repelling and herding the animals back to the unhealthy individuals who feed them. Pet droppings in gardens can and does cause human illness.
Indoor-only cats and non-liability dogs with fences aren’t a problem. I’ve built more than a few good fences.
So I don’t care about the kind of people who feed large colonies of pests. Let them suffer the natural consequences for their own ignorant, impulsive behaviors.
We don’t know for sure that he didn’t have a secondary bacterial infection in his lungs. I’ve contracted pneumonia more than once as a result of the flu, and each time it responded well to antibiotics, meaning it was bacterial and presumably a secondary effect of my lungs initially being compromised by the flu virus.
“make a post-molten diagnosis”
should be:
“make a post-mortem diagnosis”
Long day!
My wife was with an elderly neighbor at Evergreen Hospital almost every day last week. Same floor as the first guy that died on Saturday.
She now has the sniffles and a scratchy throat.
I thought that I had read that this virus doesn’t have “the sniffles” as one of its symptoms!!!??? So did this Brit have a cold that weakened him a bit and then he got the virus, or was it the virus???
I’ve been watching him too!
She needs to see the dr, please.
Later
I’m sure you’re seeing the articles, but here’s one concerning the aftermath of concern
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