Posted on 10/04/2014 7:13:49 PM PDT by Wage Slave
Dr. Rick Sacra, of Holden, who doctors said was successfully treated for Ebola at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, was admitted to UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester Saturday morning with a respiratory illness.
Doctors do not think it likely that Sacra, who has been suffering from a persistent cough and low-grade fever for several days, has suffered a relapse of Ebola.
(Excerpt) Read more at wcvb.com ...
He probably caught Enterovirus 68 at the last hospital.
Thanks, Fatima. You’re a sweetie! *hugs back at ya’*
When its your turn to go, its your turn to go.
What am I missing? I had no idea another doctor with Ebola was transported back here four weeks ago and kept in Nebraska. I though it was only the two missionary docs from back in August who were at Emory in Atlanta. .
It would not be unusual that one viral infection weakened the immune system enough to have a secondary infection, either viral or bacterial. I seriously doubt a relapse of Ebola. Unless he got the zmapp and it turns out that it just suppresses the infection for a while but does not kill it....
Cough and ligt fever? Recently suffering from major infection?
Very possibly pneumonia.
Really, it isn’t necessarily Ebolavirus.
But maybe it is Enterovirus?
I want to know what 9 out of 10 doctors say...
I’m betting pneumonia.
Common cold is caused by a virus. And yes, it mutates quickly. Several strains are usually in circulation at any given time, and they will change by the next flu season.
His blood was infested with ebola and likely he is/was anemic. This leaves the body open to all sorts of other infections as the blood supply is reinvigorated by the body’s own mechanism. In addition his body is still repairing the damage caused to it by ebola.
Long road back to normal ...
“Healthy 51 year olds don’t just check back into the hospital with fever and persistent cough. It certainly is cause for concern.”
From my great-great-grandson’s history book in 2054:
“While the origins of the Black Plague are still in debate, the source of the Ebola Pandemic, which began in 2014 is more clear. Although most of the records were lost in the chaos in the years afterwards as billions died and societies collapsed, it is believed that the Ebola virus became truly airborne when the virus mutated while in a person also infected with enterovirus D-68.”
The good news is that you posted something fresh, this is new territory and I’m interested in what we might learn from this guy, it could just be another common illness he has, or maybe we are going to learn something new.
He is sure a good patient for information gathering.
Isn’t this why they refer to doctor’s as “practicing”?
There are or have been 6 active, publicly known cases in the US. The Dallas guy and 5 more flown here for treatment at the special centers like Emory in Atlanta.
There are rumors of more that are CDC personnel, but I have never sen any confirmation.
Ditto !!!!!!!!!!!
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My understanding that there have always been thousands of different “cold” viruses, so one cannot be immune to all of them. They just all cause similar reactions so are called the same thing generically. Same with influenza. But the chance of one suffering from the very same species (if you will) is almost nil after having had it.
> If you recovered or mostly recovered from a viral disease, wouldn’t you be immune? At least unless the virus mutated significantly?
You mean like when you get chicken pox or a herpes virus and the virus hides out in your body and comes back from time to time?
There are only four deadly strains of Ebola, unless more show up. One would think that yes, a survivor would become immune. However earlier in the thread other people posted examples of other viral diseases that are never really fully treated, just suppressed. A poster above said that he got shingles twice - and it's caused by a virus. As this very article suggests, doctors themselves are not sure if Ebola can reinfect the patient after he is cured. Maybe all that it takes is one flight in an airplane at 30 thousand feet, one highly energetic (gamma) photon that hits the DNA molecule of a dormant virus and messes it up... and now the virus is back in business.
No one who has ever had a tough bout with Ebola (most who survive) is ever really healthy ever again, and prone to new problems.
Prolonged cases are often complicated by the occurrence of long-term problems, such as inflammation of the testicles, joint pains, muscle pains, skin peeling, or hair loss. Eye symptoms, such as light sensitivity, excess tearing, iritis, iridocyclitis, choroiditis, and blindness have also been described. --wiki
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