Guest guest Posted May 3, 2003 Report Share Posted May 3, 2003 I haven't been following this whole SAR " S thing I have been out of pocket for the last week or so. Can someone fill me in. What do we know about it and what we can do to protect ourselves. I heard someone say that HBOT could build the immune system to help keep us from getting SAR'S is this correct. SAR'S has to do with the respiratory system and HBOT is delivered through us breathing the Oxygen into our lungs and then distributed through our blood. OK if the respiratory system is compromised from SAR's would you still be able to benefit for SAR'S. Which brings up another question. I have long waited to ask this question but could it be that CP, and Brain injury, as well as Stroke victims do better than those who have had near drowning because the near drowning respiratory system was so compromised from the accident. Please forgive me for asking this but it has come to my attention after following so many cases that this has been more so than not. IM trying to understand as much as I can about HBOT. I have been working with HBOT trying to get Katy better for two years now I have just found time to start asking some of the questions I have wanted to know. Things like this that I have not seen published in book's. So can a Dr. explain why he feel's near drowning seem to improve but not like some cp, stroke and brain injures. If IM wrong please forgive me IM only asking from the cases I have followed. IM only trying to understand the whole picture and If IM telling someone about HBOT I don't want to give false hopes and understand why theses things are like they are. Darin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 Thank you for your insight, . I am a nurse and a remember well the days when AIDS panic was rampant even among my colleagues. The way some patients were cared for amounted to hardly any care at all. The fact that they were in that time all homosexuals didn't help matters either because of some prevailing attitudes about gay men at that time. Draconian measures are not always appropriate. Indeed, infectious disease specialists will always recommend being sensible about things and not going overboard. It's many of the other physicians and nurses who will think that the best thing to do is always the most drastic. It is, though, wise to isolate a person who has a highly infectious disease. Even hospitals will do this so that the infection can be contained as much as may be possible. At the same time, differential diagnosis is important so that things can be ruled out before the true diagnosis is reached. This does not take a lot of time since lab tests on blood and various other body fluids are quickly done, especially in a hospital setting. I'm glad you survived what was surely a ghastly ordeal. blondie4162002 <blondie4162002@...> wrote: I have enjoyed reading your posts. I feel I must just say something here. Nobody wants to find themselves in the midst of a pandemic, but to say that things like SARS were well contained is not entirely true.I helped nurse a friend in a hospital that was deemed "clean" in 2003.I was misinformed. Days after I had left, I was told to go into quarantine, as SARS had been re detected. 12 days later (quarantine lasts 10 days), I was put in isolation at the same hospital where I contracted the virus.I would not wish that experience on anyone. The expectation was that people weren't going to live to tell about the mistreatment and the forcing of meds on people. I never had more than an antibiotic and prednisone, but was basically forced to submit to 2 days of interferon--which made me feel awful! They could never prove that I had anything other than pneumonia, but having held me as they did, they desperately wanted to confirm a SARS diagnosis.I now understand unlike I ever did before, just what people with AIDS went through in the beginning.Ambulance drivers wouldn't help me, doctors had an underlying hostility and the tests that we were subjected to daily, were entirely dehumanizing. I fear that whatever plans come into play for a pandemic, we can not lose sight of the fact that people don't behave predictably in case of crisis.I would dread the day that I ever allowed a family member to enter a hospital. I have been preparing for this eventuality for some time.Just wanted to speak from the voice of one who survived a plague but is forever reminded of how lucky I was to get out alive. . Never place a period where God has placed a comma. - Gracie . Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. -Dr.Seuss . It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing. - Duke Ellington Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 , What country do you live in? I was in China during SARS and saw some amazing things, none of them good. When we returned home, there were some surprises also. Lynn From: Flu [mailto:Flu ] On Behalf Of blondie4162002 Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 8:19 PM Flu Subject: [Flu] Sars I have enjoyed reading your posts. I feel I must just say something here. Nobody wants to find themselves in the midst of a pandemic, but to say that things like SARS were well contained is not entirely true. I helped nurse a friend in a hospital that was deemed " clean " in 2003. I was misinformed. Days after I had left, I was told to go into quarantine, as SARS had been re detected. 12 days later (quarantine lasts 10 days), I was put in isolation at the same hospital where I contracted the virus. I would not wish that experience on anyone. The expectation was that people weren't going to live to tell about the mistreatment and the forcing of meds on people. I never had more than an antibiotic and prednisone, but was basically forced to submit to 2 days of interferon--which made me feel awful! They could never prove that I had anything other than pneumonia, but having held me as they did, they desperately wanted to confirm a SARS diagnosis. I now understand unlike I ever did before, just what people with AIDS went through in the beginning. Ambulance drivers wouldn't help me, doctors had an underlying hostility and the tests that we were subjected to daily, were entirely dehumanizing. I fear that whatever plans come into play for a pandemic, we can not lose sight of the fact that people don't behave predictably in case of crisis. I would dread the day that I ever allowed a family member to enter a hospital. I have been preparing for this eventuality for some time. Just wanted to speak from the voice of one who survived a plague but is forever reminded of how lucky I was to get out alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 Hi Lynn: I live in Toronto, Canada. Where are you? I am curious to know what sorts of things you are referring to. Looking forward to your observations. > > , > > > > What country do you live in? I was in China during SARS and saw some amazing > things, none of them good. When we returned home, there were some surprises > also. > > > > Lynn > > > > _____ > > From: Flu [mailto:Flu ] On > Behalf Of blondie4162002 > Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 8:19 PM > Flu > Subject: [Flu] Sars > > > > I have enjoyed reading your posts. I feel I must just say something > here. Nobody wants to find themselves in the midst of a pandemic, > but to say that things like SARS were well contained is not entirely > true. > I helped nurse a friend in a hospital that was deemed " clean " in > 2003. > I was misinformed. Days after I had left, I was told to go into > quarantine, as SARS had been re detected. 12 days later (quarantine > lasts 10 days), I was put in isolation at the same hospital where I > contracted the virus. > I would not wish that experience on anyone. The expectation was > that people weren't going to live to tell about the mistreatment and > the forcing of meds on people. I never had more than an antibiotic > and prednisone, but was basically forced to submit to 2 days of > interferon--which made me feel awful! They could never prove that I > had anything other than pneumonia, but having held me as they did, > they desperately wanted to confirm a SARS diagnosis. > I now understand unlike I ever did before, just what people with > AIDS went through in the beginning. > Ambulance drivers wouldn't help me, doctors had an underlying > hostility and the tests that we were subjected to daily, were > entirely dehumanizing. I fear that whatever plans come into play > for a pandemic, we can not lose sight of the fact that people don't > behave predictably in case of crisis. > I would dread the day that I ever allowed a family member to enter a > hospital. I have been preparing for this eventuality for some time. > > Just wanted to speak from the voice of one who survived a plague but > is forever reminded of how lucky I was to get out alive. > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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