Over 50 percent of H5N1 patients die

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   Over 50 percent of H5N1 patients die

Truong Phu Son, 22, the third H5N1 patient in Vietnam this year, on March 6, left the HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases after two weeks of treatment. 

On March 7, Dr. Tran Ngoc Huu, director of the HCM City Pasteur Institute, announced that a patient from the central highlands province of Dak Lak had been confirmed to catch type A/H5N1 flu.

The fourth H5N1 patient in Vietnam is a 32-year-old man from Dak Lak, who was hospitalized to the HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases on March 5. Doctors made tests and confirmed that the patient has caught H5N1 flu.

It is reported that the patient’s family ate their ill chicken before he had symptoms of flu. The man bought medicines from a local drugstore to treat himself at home but he did not recover. 

He was hospitalized to a hospital in Dak Lak but his state did not improve after five days of treatment. The patient was then transported to the HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases.

Dr. Nguyen Van Vinh Chau, director of the HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases, said that the type of virus that the third patient, who left the hospital on March 6, caught is Clade 1, which is available in southern Vietnam.

Most of H5/N1 patients suffer from lung injuries and their lungs will not be able to recover completely, doctors say.

This type of flue appeared in Vietnam for the first time in 2004. So far, Vietnam has had 122 patients, 50 percent of them died.

So far this year, four patients have been recorded and two of them--both from southern Vietnam, died.

Thanh Hang

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/en/society/19746/over-50-percent-of-h5n1-patients-die.html

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Kilt2 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Advisor Group Joined: December 17 2007 Status: Offline Points: 469	Post Options Post Reply Quote Kilt2 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Over 50 percent of H5N1 patients die Posted: March 09 2012 at 6:32am
	Over 50 percent of H5N1 patients die Truong Phu Son, 22, the third H5N1 patient in Vietnam this year, on March 6, left the HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases after two weeks of treatment. On March 7, Dr. Tran Ngoc Huu, director of the HCM City Pasteur Institute, announced that a patient from the central highlands province of Dak Lak had been confirmed to catch type A/H5N1 flu. The fourth H5N1 patient in Vietnam is a 32-year-old man from Dak Lak, who was hospitalized to the HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases on March 5. Doctors made tests and confirmed that the patient has caught H5N1 flu. It is reported that the patient’s family ate their ill chicken before he had symptoms of flu. The man bought medicines from a local drugstore to treat himself at home but he did not recover. He was hospitalized to a hospital in Dak Lak but his state did not improve after five days of treatment. The patient was then transported to the HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases. Dr. Nguyen Van Vinh Chau, director of the HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases, said that the type of virus that the third patient, who left the hospital on March 6, caught is Clade 1, which is available in southern Vietnam. Most of H5/N1 patients suffer from lung injuries and their lungs will not be able to recover completely, doctors say. This type of flue appeared in Vietnam for the first time in 2004. So far, Vietnam has had 122 patients, 50 percent of them died. So far this year, four patients have been recorded and two of them--both from southern Vietnam, died. Thanh Hang http://english.vietnamnet.vn/en/society/19746/over-50-percent-of-h5n1-patients-die.html
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jacksdad Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Joined: September 08 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2331	Post Options Post Reply Quote jacksdad Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: March 10 2012 at 10:22am
	Exactly right Kilt, and that's 50% with medical intervention in the form of antivirals and respirators available. And we shouldn't forget that Indonesia has seen fatality rates closer to 80% even with dedicated bird flu wards that offer care rivaling anything we have. We haven't seen a major pandemic in close to a century (which is about the periodicity they exhibit). Even if the next pandemic virus followed the rule book and traded killing power for more efficient transmission in a human population, with ERs and ICUs completely overwhelmed within the first few weeks of the deadliest wave and makeshift triage centers being set up in hospital parking lots just like in 2009, what would the mortality rate climb to if healthcare was effectively nonexistent? In 1918 the sheer numbers of patients forced them to set up hospital wards in any available space, like gymnasiums and church halls. And before we get too complacent and think that we'll all be saved by medical advances not available in 1918, remember this - that only applies if you don't have a couple of thousand deathly sick people ahead of you on the wait list for a respirator. We'll be no better off when it comes to it, so prep on and be ready to shelter in place when the SHTF.
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