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17. Blood transfusions and fluids. Lots and lots of fluids

Sat Oct 4, 2014, 06:09 PM

Oct 2014

Ebola kills you by making you bleed out. Your blood pressure crashes as you puke/shit/bleed out all your internal fluids, and you die.

Supportive care is basically just a ton of saline, with blood transfusions when needed.

Then, you just have to wait for the body to clear the virus itself.

It's sobering to see that even the best medical care in the world doesn't give you much better than 50/50 odds of surviving.

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Hospital: US Ebola patient in critical condition [View all] Omaha Steve Oct 2014 OP

Going from serious but stable and now to critical.... PearliePoo2 Oct 2014 #1

Mrs O Leary's cow 1dogleft Oct 2014 #2

As long as he is not Typhoid Mary csziggy Oct 2014 #34

who wins with more Ebola? Republicans?, Democrats?, somebody else? quadrature Oct 2014 #3

You could blame the Republicans for the budget cuts katmondoo Oct 2014 #6

how do they benefit now? nt quadrature Oct 2014 #8

Fear, Uncertainty & Doubt. Authoritarianism always wins once FUD is instilled in the populace. Demit Oct 2014 #20

then why bring in more Ebola? ... nt quadrature Oct 2014 #22

I have no idea why you think it is deliberate. Demit Oct 2014 #25

I have been calling for a travel ban, for weeks now quadrature Oct 2014 #28

He's usually referred to as President Obama around here Turborama Oct 2014 #29

Only ignorant fascists want travel bans. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #35

don't like to acknowledge that he is heaven05 Oct 2014 #48

Only RWNJs like Gohmert are using it. Well, and race baiting Fox. I say to hell with them both. freshwest Oct 2014 #66

Not to mention the lack of an approval for a surgeon general nomination. Chemisse Oct 2014 #23

you could blame Medicare for not reimbursing 1dogleft Oct 2014 #26

But then you'd have to go back to the source, the Sequester, as I see on my papers. freshwest Oct 2014 #31

repukes don't even support Medicare Skittles Oct 2014 #33

actually I think it's the hospitals who have done that. redruddyred Oct 2014 #41

Whomever is perceived as letting it continue to come here loses seveneyes Oct 2014 #16

If there are no pharmaceuticals, then what is the treatment? mahannah Oct 2014 #4

General supportive measures, and pain control. n/t ColesCountyDem Oct 2014 #7

Basically keep the body as strong as possible so it can fight off the infection. Salviati Oct 2014 #11

Essentially, yes. n/t ColesCountyDem Oct 2014 #18

Blood transfusions and fluids. Lots and lots of fluids NickB79 Oct 2014 #17

Exactly. ColesCountyDem Oct 2014 #19

Has that been established? (50% survival with optimal medical care) Chemisse Oct 2014 #24

what happened to the heaven05 Oct 2014 #49

Supportive care. I'm sure those big words don't mean much to you. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #36

or putting an embargo on non-essential flights in the first place. redruddyred Oct 2014 #43

Seriously, how DARE MrDuncan fly to get married to his loved one? uppityperson Oct 2014 #61

I'm thinking there is a learning curve in the treatment of Ebola in the first world. There has to... marble falls Oct 2014 #5

By sending this man home instead of admitting him TM99 Oct 2014 #9

the white people were Americans 1dogleft Oct 2014 #27

so....the heaven05 Oct 2014 #52

he's in the hospital 1dogleft Oct 2014 #57

geez heaven05 Oct 2014 #62

only about you 1dogleft Oct 2014 #63

Don't bring race into this. 840high Oct 2014 #30

I dunno, being female and all redruddyred Oct 2014 #44

My manly doctor would be 840high Oct 2014 #51

Are you saying that even sublte racist TM99 Oct 2014 #59

it seems to be so very difficult to find one who is willing to do that. redruddyred Oct 2014 #64

I'd recommend finding one or more female doctors. calimary Oct 2014 #58

why would a guy want to become a gynecologist in the first place? redruddyred Oct 2014 #65

right heaven05 Oct 2014 #50

I know I couldn't help but think it was a possibility that the precious medicine valerief Oct 2014 #53

There was only enough zMAPP for 6 or 7 people. Not enough kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #37

Science denier? Hardly. TM99 Oct 2014 #54

When the Americans were flown in to hospitals here, it was known they eilen Oct 2014 #55

Actually and factually, TM99 Oct 2014 #60

To the hospital he was random. eilen Oct 2014 #67

There is NO treatment for Ebola...1st or 3rd world. Moostache Oct 2014 #10

^this CullenBohannon Oct 2014 #12

ARGH! Your organs do not "liquify" uppityperson Oct 2014 #13

What about the other people who flew on the flight with someone from Liberia and were possibly uppityperson Oct 2014 #14

you're only infectious once you start showing symptoms redruddyred Oct 2014 #45

Doesn't appear to be true anymore Shivering Jemmy Oct 2014 #15

Make that 4 week medical quarantine . . . JDPriestly Oct 2014 #21

21 days is sufficient quarantine for Ebola. Per CDC and WHO. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #39

I would add an extra week to be safe. Why not? JDPriestly Oct 2014 #42

clearly our own government knows better than the world's best epidemiologists. redruddyred Oct 2014 #46

Make it three weeks customerserviceguy Oct 2014 #32

Jesus wept. If you're going to go that route, absolutely nothing kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #38

hospitals in texas going bankrupt because perry turned down medicare money jonjensen Oct 2014 #40

man went a couple days without treatment, I hope he makes it. Are they using the new medicine? Sunlei Oct 2014 #47

If he lives madville Oct 2014 #56