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Case History: MB

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Name: Melvin Balagon Age: 24 Hospital: Outpatient; relied solely on ADSX Solution (Patient is a registered nurse) Platelet History: Date and Time Platelet Count Apr 18, 2013 11:00 AM 203k (fever, weak, no appetite, stomach pains) Apr 19, 2013 4:00 PM 258k (ADSX started at Apr 19; 8pm) Apr 20, 2013 4:30 PM 303k (confirmation of effectiveness) (fully recovered) Very cheap, no hospitalization Notes: 1. Patient, male, 24, is a registered nurse. 2. Doctor ordered admission to the hospital. 3. Patient very weak, chilling, with high fever. 4. Mother decided to use ADSX, did not admit patient to hosp 5. In less than 24 hours, the patient's platelet reverse. 6. Platelet from 203k to 258K in less than 24 hours. Reversal. 7. If not for ADSX early intervention, normally platelet would have drop to 50K as with other patients. 8. But with ADSX, patient's platelet shot up to 258k. ...

Typical Course of a Dengue Infection

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What is the typical course of dengue? In the chart below, from Day 1 to Day 10, the course of a dengue infection is illustrated. This chart is the typical course of dengue prepared by medical experts (contributed to Wikipedia) However, the observations below are our own observations. Warning: These are our non-medical professional observations. Do not believe what we say here. -The stages of dengue infection is divided into three stages:  Febrile Stage (fever) Day 1 to Day 3;  Critical Stage (Day 4 to Day 6);  Recovery Stage (Day 7 to Day 10). - In the Febrile stage, the issue is Fever and Dehydration, - In the Critical Stage, the issues are Dengue Shock, bleeding, organ impairment. - In the Recovery Stage, the issues are Reabsorption and Fluid Overload - During the first three days, the fever is high but lowers down. What does this mean? Dengue is not really a "fever illness" but a "low platelet and internal bleeding" illness. - ...

Case History: JCR

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Name: Jake Codaste Rapleza Age: 3 Hospital: Perpetual Succour Hospital Platelet History: Date and Time Platelet Count Mar 31, 2013 1:00 PM 69k (Panic; sent to hospital) Apr 1, 2013 4:00 AM 45k (Very low platelet; stomach pains; pale skin) Apr 2, 2013 4:00 AM 40k (Worried; finding donors) Apr 3, 2013 4:00 AM 50k (ADSX started 4pm Apr 2; Apr 3 upward readings; reversal) Apr 4, 2013 4:00 AM 100k (Doctor cannot believe this reading; ordered another one) Apr 4, 2013 9:00 AM 150k (Doctor cant believe fast recovery; but second count confirms) (discharged) Note: 1. The doctor couldn't believe the sudden rise from 50K to 100k, 2. In this same hospital, with our patient about 2 weeks before; doctor also couldn’t believe from 40k to 100k overnight. In that case, another CBC was also taken that morning. With same confirmation of recovery (the second CBC even revealed higher counts) ...

Case History: JPP

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Name: Jeffrey Patunob Perpetua Age: 44 Hospital: Cebu Doctors Hospital (Notice the dates; click on chart for a bigger image) Platelet History: Date and Time Platelet Count Mar 27, 2013 5:00 AM 105k (Patient arrived 2 weeks ago from Canada, contracts dengue) Mar 28, 2013 6:00 AM 46k (Panic! Rapid drop in one day!) Mar 28, 2013 12:00 PM 29k (Panic continues; finding donors) Mar 28, 2013 6:00 PM 30k (Temporary victory; wrong foods and drinks given) Mar 29, 2013 6:00 AM 24k (Doctors orders transfusion) Mar 29, 2013 6:00 PM 19k (Very low; transfusion later at 2 am Mar 30) Mar 30, 2013 5:00 AM 43k (Transfusion 2 am Mar 30; added only 24K to platelet) Mar 30, 2013 12:00 PM 35k Transfusion failing; platelet down) Mar 30, 2013 6:00 PM 28k (Transfusion failing; doctor orders 2nd transfusion) Mar 30, 2013 11:45 PM 51k (Instead, patient takes ADSX 10 pm Mar 30; platelet rises 82% in just 2 hours) Mar 3...