Effective BF care at home is likely going to help impact "turning the tide" of BF infection in a greater way than public medicine, simply because:

(A)  Home healers will be available
(B)  Home healers will have the time
(C)  Victims will not have to wait for a bed
(D)  BF victims will not have to travel to obtain their care

(E)  They will be in the devoted care of loved ones

The 67 billion dollar question that this hinges on, however, is:

 >> WHAT KIND OF LIFE SUSTAINING CARE SHUD HOME HEALERS GIVE? <<

 

 

I cant find any comprehensive literature on exactly what kind of care Home Healers should give to the ill:

 

 

** What to do / not do;

** Avoiding infection;

** What to do with soiled bedding;

** What to give to victim to eat / drink (and how often) 

** Whether to isolate victim or not from other family members

 

 

 

 

Thanks so much grammajo....I could not get that link to open--so I searched the net for a live link to this authors Home Care manual.  Here is one that worked:

http://www.birdflumanual.com/resources/Advanced_Home_Treatment/files/fluReport2006.pdf - http://www.birdflumanual.com/resources/Advanced_Home_Treatment/files/fluReport2006.pdf

 

Clicking on the link will start the download of the manual.

 

~~4 abba

 

The pamphlet is accurate but doesn't convey the serious symptoms the H5 patient will exhibit.

For example, bruising (thrombocytopenia) so severe that the patients skin will turn blue/purple.

Coughing so severe that ribs will break.

Difficulty breathing that will cause panic in the patient and care giver.

Bloody diarrhea and bloody vomitus that is contageous.

Severe headache and changes to mentation to the point of psychosis.

The patient may die within hours to days of the first symptoms.

 

This type of patient would be a challange for a skilled intensive care unit medical professional and respirtory care professional. The pamphet sounds too much like this will be like treating a runny nose.

 

I am glad to see at least something is being published however.

 

Dan--with much thanks--is the web address above accurate (all the asterisks)?  I could not get it to open, even though I have Acrobat PDF reader 7.0

 

~~4Abba

 

Sorry for some reason this article puts ***** in it address and is unusable. Search Google for for the title and "woodson". It is a good article.

 

You're most welcome. Sorry that I didn't get that done right, but I never posted before and I'm not sure of what I'm doing.I find it easier to just read  the info from the more experienced puter users.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                           Jo

 

 

http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/files/TheComingInfluenzaPandemic11ptVer3Oct2005.pdf - http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/files/TheComingInfluenzaPandemic11ptVer3Oct2005.pdf

 

From what we gather, the high death rate is from the inflammatory response / cytokine storm.

 

ThANKS VERY MUCH, AGAIN!

 

~~4abba

 

THANKS Desert Dan-- this is PERFECT!

 

~~4Abba

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resveratrol - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resveratrol

 

 

Resveratrol is a substance that is produced by several http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant - plants and that is sold as a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutritional_supplement - nutritional supplement . A number of beneficial health effects, such as anti- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer - cancer , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiviral_drug - antiviral , neuroprotective, anti-aging, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-inflammatory - anti-inflammatory and life-prolonging effects have been reported.

Resveratrol is produced by plants as an http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifungal_drug - antifungal chemical . It is found in the skin of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grape - grapes , in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanut - peanuts , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blueberry - blueberries , some http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine - pines , such as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots_pine - Scots pine and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_white_pine - eastern white pine , and the roots and stalks of giant knotweed and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_knotweed - Japanese knotweed , called hu zhang in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China - China . Resveratrol was first isolated from an extract of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peruvian - Peruvian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legume - legume http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassia - Cassia quinquangulata in 1974.

The amount of resveratrol in food substances varies greatly. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_wine - Red wine contains approximately 5 mg/L, depending on the grape variety, whilst white wine has much less - the reason being that red wine is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermentation - fermented with the skins, allowing the wine to absorb the resveratrol, whereas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_wine - white wine is fermented after the skin has been removed.

 

 

I like your phrase: If medical care at hospitals will not really be available, we must not only shelter in place, but heal in place as well.

THANK YOU Anharra...for posting:


"from wikipedia- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resveratrol - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resveratrol  Excerpts - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resveratrol   Excerpts-

 

Resveratrol is a substance that is produced by several http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant - plants and that is sold as a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutritional_supplement - nutritional supplement . A number of beneficial health effects, such as anti- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer - cancer , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiviral_drug - antiviral , neuroprotective, anti-aging, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-inflammatory - anti-inflammatory and life-prolonging effects have been reported...."

 

~4Abba