Dr. Diane Griffin (Alfred & Jill Sommer Professor and Chair in the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology) explains how the West Nile virus is transmitted to humans - and what you can do to prevent infection.
my friend just found our she has west nile. They ran all sorts of tests, she thought she had flu, then fever, vomiting, confusion. Admitted to hospital, some swelling on brain, she was weak, couldn't stand, hold a cup or feed herself, speech impaired, she said she felt like she was hit by a transport truck. Cat scan, MRI, spinal tap and lots of blood work, doctors couldn't give us an answer, finally after a week in hospital on antibiotics, they had a answer..West Nile! Hoping physio therapy and
Sounds like one of my relatives (who was transported from California) that is in a hospital in Portland right now. Except they didn't test her until 4 months from the time she got sick so only the IgG came back positive so they wouldn't diagnosis her with WNV. Instead they say she has an unknown neurological illness and are doing all sorts of treatments that are not effective in WNV or contraindicated. With each treatment she gets worse. Today they are starting her on a very dangerous drug with lots of side effects that is extremely dangerous to use in WNV (and contraindicated in) because so many people have died on that drug that have turned out to have WNV. They say Mayo told them it was the best thing to do. They refuse to call the CDC and get their advice maybe because they would have to stop all these very expensive treatments and allow her body to heal itself , which is not exactly a money maker.
