Buriram Expats
Buriram Province - General Category => Health, Body and Medicine => Topic started by: TBWG on August 12, 2009, 04:14:04 AM
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Hi Bums ~ Beware!
Thai A(H1N1) resistant to Tamiflu – Malaysians told to stop wanking :'(
By John Le Fevre
Thai authorities are urging calm after the first case of pandemic A(H1N1) found resistant to the front-line antiviral drug Tamiflu was found in a patient at Ramathibodi Hospital.
The discovery was made in a batch of 50 confirmed pandemic A(H1N1) samples being tested by the hospital laboratory.
The two cases will be discussed at a meeting of virologists and health authorities tomorrow, which will also review the national strategy for combatting the spread of the virus and the planned stockpiling of oseltamivir, the generic version of Tamiflu.
The meeting will also discuss treatment guidelines and whether Thailand should stockpile the alternative antiviral drug zanamivir.
Prof Dr Wasun Chantratita, chief of virology and molecular microbiology at Ramathibodi Hospital, said the Tamiflu resistant strain was found in a Thai who had since recovered from pandemic A(H1N1).
Health experts have previously cautioned that overuse, incorrect prescribing, or self medicating with oseltamivir may lead to drug resistance.
Dr. Wasun said 10,000 out of 15,000 samples sent for testing were positive for the pandemic A(H1N1) virus, leading us to assume that the majority of people with flu-like symptoms will have pandemic A(H1N1).
Meanwhile a doctor in Malaysia has said that avoiding masturbation and homosexual activities are among preventive measures people can take to reduce their chances of contracting the virus.
Dr. V. M. Palaniappan, an eminent practitioner of complimentary therapy, said that such activities caused the body to develop friction heat which in turn, produced acid and made the body hyperacidised.
Dr. Palaniappan told Bernama, the Malaysian national news agency, that masturbation and homosexual activity made “the body become an easy target for pandemic A(H1N1) infection,†however, the normal sexual union between members of the opposite sex was absolutely safe. love2
Dr Palaniappan, a former associate professor of ecology at Universiti Malaya, said his 33 years of research had shown that high acidity in the body resulted in loss of immunity, thus making people more susceptible to viral diseases such as pandemic A(H1N1).
The doctor said to prevent acidity, it was essential to consume alkaline food and drinks that could neutralise excess acid in the body.
He recommended people drink coconut water, which is alkaline, and therefore could be used as a herbal medicine for the prevention of pandemic A(H1N1), along with orange, lemon and pomelo which, despite containing citric acid, were very rich in potassium and therefore, would not disturb the body's immunity.
So don't say you have not been warned, remember it would appear the solution is in your own hands! confused4
TBWG sawadi
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:D :D That was funny to read..
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Wonderful what stories people will concoct to attack gays!