Posted on 06/24/2009 8:04:24 AM PDT by metmom
Within minutes, six-year-old Rubjit Thindal went from happily chatting in the back seat of the car to collapsing and dying in her father's arms.
"If we had known it was so serious, we would have called 911,'' Kuldip Thindal, Rubjit's distraught mother, said in Punjabi yesterday. "She just had a stomach ache -- she wasn't even crying.''
Rubjit was pronounced dead at hospital barely 24 hours after showing signs of a fever. Later, doctors told her parents she had the H1N1 influenza virus. She is believed to be the youngest person in Canada with the virus to have died.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.guelphmercury.com ...
I’ve read that Tamiflu should be taken within 48 hours of flu symptoms .
TAMIFLU is available in capsules — in 30mg, 45mg, and 75mg doses — and a liquid form for pediatric and mature patients who may have difficulty swallowing a capsule. 1
ADULT DOSING DOSAGE
Treatment 75 mg bid for 5 days
Prophylaxis 75 mg qd for 10 days 1
What is the recommended dosage of Tamiflu?
Tamiflu comes in 75mg capsule form and is taken orally. It contains the key ingredient called oseltamivir.
Tamiflu dosage normally lasts for five days and two tablets a day are to be taken. Do not leave your Tamiflu dosage incomplete if you want to prevent relapse. When you buy Tamiflu capsule, you should take it by mouth as directed by the doctor. You may take Tamiflu with food or milk to minimize stomach upset.
Tamiflu should be taken within 48 hours of witnessing flu symptoms or after being exposed to a person suffering from flu.
If you have already acquired flu, take Tamiflu twice a day for 5 days; once in the morning and once in the evening. Complete the entire treatment of 10 doses.
Many people use Tamiflu as a precaution too. If you are taking Tamiflu dosage as a precaution, take Tamiflu once a day for at least 7 days or take it exactly as prescribed by the doctor.
Thank, DvdMom.
Stay well.
http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/general/sick/flu_vs_cold.html
Is It a Cold or the Flu?
Your child is sent home from school with a sore throat, cough, and high fever — could it be the flu that’s been going around? Or is it just a common cold?
Typically, the flu (also known as influenza) has symptoms that make a child feel worse than symptoms associated with a common cold, but it’s not always that easy to tell the difference between the two.
Symptoms Guide
To help determine whether your child’s fighting the flu or combating a cold, review these questions:
Flu vs. Colds: A Guide to Symptoms
Questions Flu Cold
Was your child’s onset of illness … sudden? slow?
Does your child have a … high fever? no (or mild) fever?
Is your child’s exhaustion level … severe? mild?
Is your child’s head … achy? headache-free?
Is your child’s appetite … decreased? normal?
Are your child’s muscles … achy? fine?
Does your child have … chills? no chills?
If most of your answers fell into the first category, chances are that your child has the flu. If your answers usually belonged in the second category, it’s most likely a cold.
But don’t be too quick to brush off your child’s illness as just another cold. The important thing to remember is that flu symptoms can vary from child to child (and they can change as the illness progresses), so if you suspect the flu, call the doctor. Even doctors often need a test to tell them for sure if your child has the flu or not since the symptoms can be so similar!
Some bacterial diseases, like strep throat or pneumonia, can also look like the flu or a cold. It’s important to get medical attention immediately if your child seems to be getting worse, is having any trouble breathing, has a high fever, has a bad headache, has a sore throat, or seems confused.
While even healthy kids can have complications of the flu, kids with certain medical conditions are at more of a risk. If you think your child might have the flu, get in touch with the doctor.
Treatment
Some kids with chronic medical conditions may become sicker with the flu and need to be hospitalized, and flu in an infant also can be dangerous. For a severely ill child or one with other special circumstances, a doctor may prescribe an antiviral medicine that can ease flu symptoms, but only if it’s given within 48 hours of the onset of the flu.
Most of the time, you can take care of your child by offering plenty of fluids, rest, and extra comfort.
July 23 , 2009 01:13 am
North Andover girl gravely ill with swine flu (massachusetts)
NORTH ANDOVER — Unfair. That’s the only way Danielle DeLisle can describe it before she breaks into tears.
DeLisle’s daughter, Cassandra Dupont, has been through so much already, her childhood shadowed by a rare liver disease that left her swollen, drained, and in the hospital for long stretches of time.
A liver transplant saved Cassie’s life six years ago when she was only 7. Doctors called her a true fighter, a survivor, the miracle baby.
“They say they’ve never seen anyone fight like Cassie has,” DeLisle said. “She doesn’t give up. She’s a brave little girl. She’s hung in there when other people would have given up.”
So it pains DeLisle to see her daughter, now 13, laying in a hospital bed, hooked up to a ventilator, barely clinging to life.
The H1N1 flu virus hit her quick and hard.
“She’s fought for 13 years and for the damn swine flu to do this to her is ... it’s so unfair,” DeLisle said, sobbing. “She doesn’t deserve this. No. No. She doesn’t.”
Just a month ago, “Princess Cassie” was excited for school to be letting out so she could play outside. Soon, she started to complain about not being able to breathe and she felt sick. DeLisle rushed her to the hospital, where Cassie was diagnosed with H1N1, commonly known as swine flu.
http://www.eagletribune.com/punews/local_story_204011231.html
updated 4:03 a.m. CT, Thurs., July 23, 2009
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32099666/ns/health-the_new_york_times
Campers masked, quarantined for ‘Swine ‘09’
Tamiflu, Clorox and isolation room games stockpiled as thousands fall ill
By Tamar Lewin updated 57 minutes ago
An interactive U.S. map for the A/H1N1 flu pandemic in the various states...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30435064/ns/health-swine_flu
You can alternate from a U.S. map to a world map, too...
Hope your & your family are feeling good :)
Thanks for the info from the UK
Swine flu website crashes under massive demand http://bit.ly/EtYsS
Updated map of H1N1 cases in London
http://flutracker.rhizalabs.com/flu/gmap0907240833.html?lat=51.49677467073&lon=0&zoom=9
Swine flu could strike up to 40 percent in 2 years
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090724/ap_on_he_me/us_med_swine_flu
Explosion of UK Pandemic H1N1 Cases Raise Concerns
Recombinomics Commentary 16:02
July 24, 2009
http://www.recombinomics.com/News/07240901/H1N1_UK_Explode.html
Produced by Nottingham University’s Division of Primary Care the figures show the rate of infections recorded in GPs’ surgeries across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. You can see from this exactly how bad Tower Hamlets is - and which areas have the lowest rates.
The above comments describe the newly released data on the location of pandemic H1N1 cases in the UK. The 49,611 cases have been added to the map of confirmed and probable cases to provide a snapshot of cases a week ago. There have been an additional 100,000 cases reported in the latest HPA report.
These data compliment the reports from the HPA, which had issued daily reports through July 2. At that time confirmed cases were in the range of 600 per day, and reporting was switched to a weekly schedule. However, the July 9 report did not show confirmed cases beyond July 2. Moreover, the July 16 weekly report also failed to include any confirmed cases after July 2, although the ILI (influenza like illness) graph continued to show an alarming explosion of cases. These increases in cases were accompanied by a jump in fatalities, but there was little information on the location of these cases.
The release of the rates of ILI by location allowed for mapping of the cases throughout the UK, including a detailed map of outbreaks in the Greater London area.
These cases have put a strain on emergency services and at least one patient was flown to Sweden for treatment due to a lack of hospital beds and specialized treatment for critical cases.
It remains unclear if the explosion in cases in the UK is linked to genetic changes. Influenza season in the northern hemisphere is begins in the fall and peaks in February, in marked contrast to the current pandemic. The persistence and spread of cases in the summer may be linked to an avian PB2, which is adapted to the body temperature of birds (41 C).
However, the explosion of cases in the UK raises concerns of additional genetic changes.
The rise in cases began in the West Midlands several weeks ago, and the number of H1N1 sequences released by the UK has been limited. Recently Argentina announced that H1N1 associated with the explosion of cases and fatalities in Argentina has 8 amino acid changes.
Release of series of H1N1 sequences from the UK and Argentina would be useful. Further adaptation to human hosts is expected and the increases in cases and fatalities may reflect minor genetic changes that produces significant changes in transmission and virulence.
The sudden jump in cases and deaths are growing causes of concern.
Thanks for the map :)
I posted a link to a map In England showing cases post 431 of this thread
El Salvador closes all schools as A/H1N1 flu spreads
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/23/content_11757475.htm
2009-07-23
The Salvadorian government has ordered all schools in the country to close from July 27 to Aug. 9, according to news reports from San Salvador on Wednesday.
Health Minister Maria Isabel Rodriguez said people suffering flu-like symptoms should stay away from the well-attended religious festival that the country holds in August to avoid spreading the disease, adding that families should keep children at home.
She also said the government has spent 1 million U.S. dollars of the 7-million-dollar anti-flu budget so far.
Salvadorian health authorities have reported 469 confirmed A/H1N1 flu cases, among which six people have died.
FYI, the BBC are saying the woman who’s been flown to Sweden is apparently heavily pregnant, and is reported to be ‘gravely ill’.
I’m Pinging All of Smokin’ Joe list to the below article
Baby may be the first to be born with type-A (H1N1) (Thailand)
By Duangkamon Sajirawattanakul
Pongphon Sarnsamak July 27, 2009
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2009/07/27/national/national_30108403.php
An infant girl delivered prematurely at Ratchaburi hospital was born infected with type-A (H1N1) influenza - possibly the country’s first mother to child transmission of the infection, medical authorities revealed yesterday.
“This is the country’s first case study,” said Dr Adisorn Phattaradul, director of Chulalongkorn hospital which admitted the 24-year-old mother from Ratchaburi province on Saturday.
After the baby was born prematurely last Tuesday her mother developed a severe form of type-A (H1N1) influenza before being transferred to Chulalongkorn - the country’s leading medical school - to receive special care.
She is now in a critical condition with severe pneumonia. Doctors say the virus has spread to her lungs and she is on a respirator in the intensive care unit. They have given her the antiviral drug oseltamivir and sleeping pills to help her recovery.
Meanwhile, her newborn daughter is in a baby incubator and has also been given antiviral drugs. Doctors say her lungs are now normal but they are worried the virus might affect her brain.
Dr Lelanee Paitoonpong, an infectious disease specialist of Chulalongkorn University said:
“Mother to child transmission of type-A (H1N1)flu in this case was only an assumption.”
She said to reduce the risk of getting a severe form of flu-like illness, pregnant women should avoid close contact with people with symptoms and keep clear of public spaces.They should also wear face masks to prevent infection, she added.
To date, Thailand has 6,776 reported cases of type-A (H1N1) influenza which has killed 44 victims nationwide.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has assured the public adequate stockpiles of antiviral drugs and vaccine are on hand.
He said the Public Health Ministry is now improving its methods to help patients with flu-like symptoms to access treatment faster.
Deputy Public Health Minister, Manit Nopamornbodi said the ministry will today send 980,000 health care volunteers to screen patients for severe forms of type-A (H1N1) symptoms in villages and communities to reduce cases of infection and death.
Lord Robertson did an interview on BBC News and reiterated the 100000 figure was purely an estimate based on enquiries about flu, and the real figure maybe as low as 30000 or as high as 150000.
The BBC and other MSM initially were repeating the figure was purely an estimate on the news, and then as the day went on, migrated back to insinuating the figure as being definitive.
That so cuts into scientists credibility, making those kind of estimates based on so little solid evidence and passing it off as definitive.
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