Comments for Brazil Blames Dengue Outbreak on Careless Population at http://www.brazzilmag.com , comment 0 to 6 out of 6 comments http://www.brazzilmag.com Mon, 12 May 2008 19:04:19 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/9200/1/#pc_13945 I would like to share this interesting discovery from a classmate's son who has just recovered from dengue fever. Apparently, his son was in the critical stage at the SJMC ICU when his blood platelet counts drops to 15 after 15 liters of blood transfusion. His father was so worried that he seeks another friend's recommendation and his son was saved. He confessed to me that he give his son raw juice of the papaya leaves. From a pallet count of 45 after 20 liters of blood transfusion, and after drinking the raw papaya leaf juice, his pallet count jumps instantly to 135. Even the doctors and nurses were surprised. After the second day he was discharged. So he asks me to pass this good news around. Accordingly it is raw papaya leaves, 2pcs just cleaned and pound and squeeze with filter cloth. You will only get one tablespoon per leaf. So two tablespoon per serving once a day. Do not boil or cook or rinse with hot water, it will loose its strength. Only the leafy part and no stem or sap. It is very bitter and you have to swallow it like Won Low Kat. But it works. ============================================================= *Papaya Juice - Cure for Dengue* You may have heard this elsewhere but if not I am glad to inform you that papaya juice is a natural cure for dengue fever. As dengue fever is rampant now, I think it's good to share this with all. A friend of mine had dengue last year. It was a very serious situation for her as her platelet count had dropped to 28,000 after 3 days in hospital and water has started to fill up her lung. She had difficulty in breathing. She was only 32-year old. Doctor says there's no cure for dengue. We just have to wait for her body immune system to build up resistance against dengue and fight its own battle. She already had 2 blood transfusion and all of us were praying very hard as her platelet continued to drop since the first day she was admitted. Fortunately her mother-in-law heard that papaya juice would help to reduce the fever and got some papaya leaves, pounded them and squeeze the juice out for her. The next day, her platelet count started to increase, her fever subside. We continued to feed her with papaya juice and she recovered after 3 days!!! Amazing but it's true. It's believed one's body would be overheated when one is down with dengue and that also caused thepatient to have fever papaya juice has cooling effect. Thus, it helps to reduce the level of heat in one's body, thus the fever will go away. I found that it's also good when one is having sore throat or suffering from heat. Please spread the news about this as lately there are many dengue cases. It's great if such natural cure could help to ease the sufferings of dengue patients. Furthermore it's so easily available. Blend them and squeeze the juice! It's simple and miraculously effective! - jenny salomon Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:15:51 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/9200/1/#pc_13921 Let me get that straight, the army, air force and navy commanders are the ones proposing measures to combat Dengue? Doesn't Brazil have Vector Biologists, Entomologists, Environmental Health Officers and Vector Control programmes with professionals who have the knowledge and skills to devise a Dengue intervention? I can imagine the armed forces being brought in to lend a hand in breaching difficult to handle neighbourhoods. But that should only be done under the direction of health experts, don't you think? M. Minchington Israel Programme Manager Vector Control Unit British Virgin Islands - Israel Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:52:20 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/9200/1/#pc_13778 I had dengue. It really sucks. Politics aside, it took forever until I felt normal again. I wouldn't wish it on anyone. - Beenthere Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:53:21 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/9200/1/#pc_13769 Rio is a piece of sh*t (the population, the government, everything). Where else something like this would happen? Hope someone throw a neutron bomb there to clean everything so paulistas can go there and make the place shine. - Paulista Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:01:55 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/9200/1/#pc_13763 Timing is just right, bring in the MIL boys to cover the special spots located about Rio. Sure they'll be more than happy to effect penetration in a big way. As to "Careless Population", yes, despite mother-in-laws admonishments, an otherwise terrific father let another of his children, (this one being very young) succumb to the combative forces amassing in the drainageway that flooded them out two years ago and has nearly done so again on several occassions this year with all the torrents. Damb him for being so "Careless" as to not smother everything and everybody in DEET (provided by who or sold where for what price?) or move the hell out (simple, really, could have used the air bed we brought before as a raft and join Forrest out at sea maybe?). Damb her for not bitching effectively, well, maybe no need to do that, she fell to this overwhelming force herself about a week and a half to two weeks ago - ain't so up in your face and pushy about the subject even now - couldn't afford the Gatorade. Our luck was when we visited that locale the end of last month we were totally prepared with wipe-on packs to defend ourselves and everyone there for the birthday party as soon as the attacking forces had made a few first round strikes (too late for the little one as she was already showing a fever). - Simpleton Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:00:50 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/9200/1/#pc_13762 The defense ministry said Army, Air Force and Navy commanders would propose an action plan to Defense Minister Nelson Jobim on how to combat the disease in the famous beach and port city. A good move on the part of Dr.Nelson Jobim and he deserves our kudos for having brought in the armed forces to combat the Dengue carrying mosquitoes. Simultaneously , (he being a lawyer), he should sue the mosquitoes as well as the "Careless Population" of that famous beach and port city for having let Dengue take control of the city. - João da Silva Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:16:02 +0100