I should’ve mentioned in my first paragraph that it’s the time thing that’s a big problem like Jedidah mentioned. Once the storm starts it’s a VERY quick downhill slide. The thing is I don’t think (but could be wrong) anyone knows which patients will get the storms and which won’t, which is what you would need to know in order to prevent the storms from occurring.
That said, as I mentioned, I’m just a “fan” of medicine, and not a doctor... So, I could be wrong in my way of thinking. I’m familiar with what happens in a cytokine storm, but I don’t think I’ve ever run across information on how doctors treat that specific complication currently... How DO they treat it, if it is at all possible?
TX:
Garland girl, 11, is Dallas County’s first child to die of swine flu
11:21 PM CDT on Monday, September 14, 2009
By KAREL HOLLOWAY and RAY LESZCYNSKI / The Dallas Morning News
kholloway@dallasnews.com; rleszcynski@dallasnews.com
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/education/stories/091409dnmetmesquiteschool.17d0dac6b.html
An 11-year-old Garland girl who was otherwise healthy caught swine flu and died this weekend, making her the first person without an underlying medical condition to die of the disease in Dallas County.
Cynthia Garcia, a sixth-grader at Price Elementary in the Mesquite school district, went home sick from school Thursday and died Sunday. Health officials said they didn’t know the source of the illness or how long the girl had symptoms.
Many of those who die of flu typically have complicating medical issues, including the two other Dallas County residents who died of swine flu this year. Cynthia did have pneumonia and a bacterial infection, but those symptoms developed after she got the flu.
Cynthia’s mother, Maria Bidillo, told WFAA-TV (Channel 8) that she took her daughter to the doctor Thursday after she was sent home from school sick. Despite prescription medicine, the girl was listless Friday and Saturday.
Worried, Bidillo called paramedics Saturday afternoon, and Cynthia died hours after reaching the hospital.
“She’s a special girl,” her mother said. “In school, she would help out a lot. ... She was really responsible.”
“It’s going to be a long flu season,” Thompson said, “a flu season like none of us have seen in our lifetime, especially in the 21st century.”
Doctor dies on swine flu (South Africa)
http://www.thepost.co.za/?fSectionId=&fArticleId=nw20090915064438265C726398
15 September 2009
A KwaZulu-Natal doctor has become the first medical practitioner to die of the H1N1 virus, the SABC reported.
Dr Irshad Moola of KwaDukuza, north of Durban, died at a private hospital after a brief illness.
His father Farouk Moola said his son had flu-like symptoms and was admitted to hospital with breathing difficulties.
The health department has confirmed that his death was as a result of the virus.
The virus has claimed the lives of more than 30 people in South Africa.