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Hemolytic-uremic syndrome (or haemolytic-uraemic syndrome, abbreviated HUS) is a disease characterised by microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, acute renal failure and a low platelet ...
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Another update - I'm trying to think if I...
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Friday, March 20, 2009 |
Another update -
I'm trying to think if I've really been able to clean anything else up.....indeed a small bit.
I went through the office closet!! There are tons of bins in there, with goodness knows what as far as I was concerned because my ex was the one who did all that. I found a lot of her stuffed animals and other things, so I bagged all that stuff up and all her things are sitting in...
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What a wonderful world this will be
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Hello all -
I have been gone a while. Been quite busy. I have had a hard time adjusting 2 incomes to 1 income and I've never really done the finances so I've kind of been kicked in the tail with all the bills.
So, at church I enrolled in Financial Peace University - a 13 week course by Dave Ramsey ( daveramsey.com ) that I really believe if I stick with, I'll get to having no debt one d...1 Recommendation
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Hello again, today I give an update :) My dog...
Seabee17 Feb 04, 2009
*sigh* what a wonderful day so far
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Hello again, today I give an update :)
My dogs and I are starting to work into a schedule so that's fun. There have been less accidents, THANK GOODNESS. Bama, the 2yr old female, sleeps with me at night. The little one, 3 months, is still being crate trained and since he tries to get milk from Bama all the time I try to give her a break at nights so until he gets out of that stage I'm not ...1 Recommendation1 Comment -
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6 months after contracting hus and tpp from ecoli i still have serious health issues. they are serious to me, at any rate. depression is one concern, swelling of hands and feet is another.
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Last night I went home, I cleaned up my office, fi...
Seabee17 Jan 27, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 |
Last night I went home, I cleaned up my office, fixed the vacuum, vacuumed up the guest room and my office. Picked up and vacuumed my workout/Navy room. I vacuumed the hallway, cleaned off the back of the couch, picked up the living room and dining space, vacuumed that area too. Its sooooo much cleaner looking!!!! I organized my mail into different categories and washed all the dishes too!! I fee...1 Recommendation1 Comment -
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009 |
This morning was good, I woke up to text messages, a bunny hopping on me, alarms going off everywhere. Everyone wanted to make sure I was going to make it to work on time. I was a couple minutes late (oops) but I was "on time."
My supervisor was great, as usual. He was kind but firm about my not being late anymore and I told him I completely understood. The "writing up" was act...1 Recommendation
Friday, March 20, 2009 |
Another update -
I'm trying to think if I've really been able to clean anything else up.....indeed a small bit.
I went through the office close...
I'm trying to think if I've really been able to clean anything else up.....indeed a small bit.
I went through the office close...
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Hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) Information
Hemolytic-uremic syndrome (or haemolytic-uraemic syndrome, abbreviated HUS) is a disease characterised by microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, acute renal failure and a low platelet count (thrombocytopenia).
The classic childhood case of HUS occurs after bloody diarrhea caused by E. coli O157:H7, a strain of E. coli that expresses verotoxin (also called Shiga toxin). The toxin enters the bloodstream, attaches to renal endothelium and initiates an inflammatory reaction leading to acute renal failure (ARF) and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). The fibrin mesh destroys red blood cells and captures thrombocytes, leading to a decrease of both on full blood count.
HUS occurs after 2-7% of all E. coli O157:H7 infections.
Adult HUS has similar symptoms and pathology but is an uncommon outcome of the following: HIV; antiphospholipid syndrome (associated with Lupus erythematosus and generalized hypercoagulability); post partum renal failure; malignant hypertension; scleroderma; and cancer chemotherapy (mitomycin, cyclosporine, cisplatin and bleomycin).
A third category is referred to as Familial HUS. It represents 5-10% of HUS cases and is due to an inheritied deficiency leading to uncontrolled complement system activation. Recurrent thromboses result in a high mortality rate.
Treatment is generally supportive with dialysis as needed. Platelet transfusion may actually worsen outcome.
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