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Date: 28 Jan 2008 15:26:55
From: J.D. Walker
Subject: Playing Defense
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:TB_poster.jpg -- Cordially, Rev. J.D. Walker, MsD, U.C.
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Date: 29 Jan 2008 08:51:24
From: Sanny
Subject: Re: Playing Defense
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On Jan 29, 5:52=A0am, "J.D. Walker" <[email protected] > wrote: > Mike Murray wrote: > > On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:26:55 -0800, "J.D. Walker" > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:TB_poster.jpg > > > Too little, too =A0late. > > > In many hospitals, the air conditioning in the emergency room is not > > segregated from the air conditioning in the rest of the building. > > Street people with TB often take only enough meds to alleviate > > symptoms; =A0in other words, they do their best to create drug resistant= > > strains. =A0Then, when they come back to the ER, it spreads all through > > the hospital. =A0In some NYC hospitals, almost all the staff show > > antibodies to TB. > > Nice point. =A0In addition, with the lousy health care system in the US, > many people will not even go to the ER or the doctor when they are sick. > > There are areas of the world where TB is a much more serious problem > than others. =A0Also, TB is known to have a synergistic effect with HIV > each increasing the deadliness of the other. =A0Here is a fact sheet about= > TB from the WHO. > > http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs104/en/index.html > > On the topic of shaking hands, I just learned that, though rare, > syphillis can be spread by handshake. =A0If you contract it this way, try > explaining that to the wife... =A0If you see someone with open sores on > their hands, syphillis chancres are one possibility. =A0It is also > possible to pick it up from dirty towels... =A0Other diseases passed along= > this way include flesh eating bacteria, athlete's foot, impetigo, and wart= s. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_(medicine)#Transmission_by_... > -- > > Cordially, > Rev. J.D. Walker, MsD, U.C. I got TB 1 year Back, It took me 6 months to recover. For 2 Months I was not allowed to meet anyone. My Clothes and everything I used was not even touched by other. I had a bed rest of 2-3 months. Then after 6 months I got OK. It spreads very fast. And lot of medicines are needed and all have to be taken in time. I took them for 6 months. %0% people who get TB die because of not proper treatment. I was lucky that my TB was detected in early stage else today I would not have been writing here. Bye Sanny Play Chess at: http://www.GetClub.com/Chess.html
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Date: 29 Jan 2008 09:04:32
From: J.D. Walker
Subject: Re: Playing Defense
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Sanny wrote: > On Jan 29, 5:52 am, "J.D. Walker" <[email protected]> wrote: >> Mike Murray wrote: >>> On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:26:55 -0800, "J.D. Walker" >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:TB_poster.jpg >>> Too little, too late. >>> In many hospitals, the air conditioning in the emergency room is not >>> segregated from the air conditioning in the rest of the building. >>> Street people with TB often take only enough meds to alleviate >>> symptoms; in other words, they do their best to create drug resistant >>> strains. Then, when they come back to the ER, it spreads all through >>> the hospital. In some NYC hospitals, almost all the staff show >>> antibodies to TB. >> Nice point. In addition, with the lousy health care system in the US, >> many people will not even go to the ER or the doctor when they are sick. >> >> There are areas of the world where TB is a much more serious problem >> than others. Also, TB is known to have a synergistic effect with HIV >> each increasing the deadliness of the other. Here is a fact sheet about >> TB from the WHO. >> >> http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs104/en/index.html >> >> On the topic of shaking hands, I just learned that, though rare, >> syphillis can be spread by handshake. If you contract it this way, try >> explaining that to the wife... If you see someone with open sores on >> their hands, syphillis chancres are one possibility. It is also >> possible to pick it up from dirty towels... Other diseases passed along >> this way include flesh eating bacteria, athlete's foot, impetigo, and warts. >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_(medicine)#Transmission_by_... >> -- >> >> Cordially, >> Rev. J.D. Walker, MsD, U.C. > > I got TB 1 year Back, It took me 6 months to recover. For 2 Months I > was not allowed to meet anyone. My Clothes and everything I used was > not even touched by other. I had a bed rest of 2-3 months. Then after > 6 months I got OK. > > It spreads very fast. And lot of medicines are needed and all have to > be taken in time. I took them for 6 months. %0% people who get TB die > because of not proper treatment. I was lucky that my TB was detected > in early stage else today I would not have been writing here. > > Bye > Sanny > > Play Chess at: http://www.GetClub.com/Chess.html Thanks for sharing that Sanny. Are you in India? The World Health Organization said that was one place it was a larger problem. I wanted to add one more defensive option for the player who is determined to avoid communicable diseases: goggles for eye protection. Many of the diseases that are spread via aerosols and droplets, from sneezing and the like, can infect through the eyes as well as the nose and mouth. Inexpensive goggles can prevent that. -- Cordially, Rev. J.D. Walker, MsD, U.C.
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Date: 28 Jan 2008 16:11:16
From: Mike Murray
Subject: Re: Playing Defense
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On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:26:55 -0800, "J.D. Walker" <[email protected] > wrote: >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:TB_poster.jpg Too little, too late. In many hospitals, the air conditioning in the emergency room is not segregated from the air conditioning in the rest of the building. Street people with TB often take only enough meds to alleviate symptoms; in other words, they do their best to create drug resistant strains. Then, when they come back to the ER, it spreads all through the hospital. In some NYC hospitals, almost all the staff show antibodies to TB.
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Date: 28 Jan 2008 16:52:05
From: J.D. Walker
Subject: Re: Playing Defense
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Mike Murray wrote: > On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:26:55 -0800, "J.D. Walker" > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:TB_poster.jpg > > Too little, too late. > > In many hospitals, the air conditioning in the emergency room is not > segregated from the air conditioning in the rest of the building. > Street people with TB often take only enough meds to alleviate > symptoms; in other words, they do their best to create drug resistant > strains. Then, when they come back to the ER, it spreads all through > the hospital. In some NYC hospitals, almost all the staff show > antibodies to TB. Nice point. In addition, with the lousy health care system in the US, many people will not even go to the ER or the doctor when they are sick. There are areas of the world where TB is a much more serious problem than others. Also, TB is known to have a synergistic effect with HIV each increasing the deadliness of the other. Here is a fact sheet about TB from the WHO. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs104/en/index.html On the topic of shaking hands, I just learned that, though rare, syphillis can be spread by handshake. If you contract it this way, try explaining that to the wife... If you see someone with open sores on their hands, syphillis chancres are one possibility. It is also possible to pick it up from dirty towels... Other diseases passed along this way include flesh eating bacteria, athlete's foot, impetigo, and warts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_(medicine)#Transmission_by_Direct_Contact -- Cordially, Rev. J.D. Walker, MsD, U.C.
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