To: boop
After a decade or more, 10 to 30 percent of them will die when their hearts or intestines, weakened by the disease, explode. I'm sorry but exploding intestines? Sounds alot like urban legend.
46 posted on
11/18/2003 6:52:55 PM PST by
softengine
(I want to live in Theory........Everything works there.)
To: softengine
"I'm sorry but exploding intestines? Sounds alot like urban legend."
I agree it's not a professional description of the various gastro-intestinal manifestations with which the patient may present. How about splenomegaly, intestinal obstruction, volvulus, toxic megacolon or mega-esophagus?
52 posted on
11/18/2003 8:48:44 PM PST by
neverdem
(Say a prayer for New York both for it's lefty statism and the probability the city will be hit again)
To: softengine
BTW, did you notice the description in comment# 24?
53 posted on
11/18/2003 8:51:37 PM PST by
neverdem
(Say a prayer for New York both for it's lefty statism and the probability the city will be hit again)
To: softengine
You are right to be suspicious. I've not heard about exploding intestines or hearts. The way I learned about Chagas' disease is that the larvae get in between the fibers of the heart, which cause it to dilate, and you get congestive heart failure. Not a rupture.
P.S. I have a computer question for you.
72 posted on
11/19/2003 3:03:39 PM PST by
boop
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