When does pandemia occur and what does it do to us?
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Or did you mean pancytopenia?  Pancytopenia is a deficiency of Red Blood Cells, White Blood Cells, AND Platelets.  A deficiency of red blood cells causes anemia, which can make you tired and weak.  A deficiency of white blood cells can lower your immune system to where you are more susceptible to illnesses.  And finally, a deficiency in platelets can decrease your blood's ability to clot, causing bleeding problems.
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This site has everything you need to know. It is mostly NOT your fault, if you need to lose weight. The way you have been taught to eat is responsible for making obesity the number one health problem in the world (according to Atlantic Monthly magazine) soon surpassing hunger and infectious disease. So you are a victim of this pandemic (epidemic).\n\nYou need to re-learn how to eat. Find out about fastest way to lose weight, slow ways to lose weight, raw foods and anti-water. Learn everything on site below so you can understand how food and exercise affects your body. Do this and you can be thin. Do this not, and you will remain part of the biggest pandemic in all of history. Due to this pandemic, for the first time in 100 years, the children of Americans have a lower life expectancy than their parents.
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Hate to burst your bubble but it's miserable! I end up with pneumonia every winter and last year I don't even remember 4 out of the 10 days I was stuck in bed. You get bored, sore from laying around and stiff from not using your muscles. I was so weak it took all I had just to get out of bed to go to the bathroom.
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Maybe you should do some research on "Pandemics" first.  Do some research on the Spanish Flu, as well as more recent ones like AIDS and Ebola.\n\nEither it would be a "fast killer" like Ebola, where people died quickly and it never spread.  Or it would be a "slow killer", where it would be impossible to contain because people would pass it along before terminal symptoms were obvious.  Closing the border with Mexico would be pointless, because it would simply pass on to Europe or Asia, and come right back.  Look at the recent outbreak of SARS to see what I mean.\n\nAnd what would the Navy, Air Force, and Special Forces be doing?  Shooting down airliners with infected people?  Sinking any ships that left port in Mexico?  And Mexico is a long ways from South America.  US closing the US border from Mexico would be like France closing the border with Belguim because of a disease in Hungary.\n\nAnd as a member of the US Armed Forces, there is no way that a "shoot on sight" order would be given, let alone followed.  We are not mindless robots, and such an order would be illegal, and would never be followed.  Period.
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We all just hope that it stops as soon as possible.\nBesides it’s important that any guilty Asian country, where the pandemic started for first, will begin to realize that HYGIENE and respect for animals are necessary and very vital!\nIn fact, the history and the last accidents about the human health teach us that, if we just think to the Avian Flu, Bad Cow, S.A.R.S., HIV/AIDS, etc. It’s Nature that just revolt against the humanity.\nEvery thing gets limit!\nThere’s a lot to talk about....
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There's a slight difference between the two words.  "Pandemic" means an outbreak (usually a disease) that spreads across the entire planet.  An "epidemic" is an outbreak or occurrence that spreads more quickly than what's expected.  It doesn't necessarily have to affect the entire globe.  Both are usually pretty bad in any case.
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the plague killed about 1/3 of the population of europe.\nConsider that in our society.  What would it do?
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Hey, accidents happen and kids will be kids.  My two-year old gets into everything as well.\n\nJust keep an eye on her for the next three days.  If she starts showing symptoms, then go to the doctor/ER.\n\nDon't worry, she will probably be OK.\n\nFrom Yahoo! Health:\n"Symptoms of salmonellosis include diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps. They develop 12 to 72 hours after infection, and the illness usually lasts 4 to 7 days. Most people recover without treatment. However, diarrhea and dehydration may be so severe that it is necessary to go to the hospital. Older adults, infants, and those with impaired immune systems are at highest risk."
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an epidemic will cause people to be in all different stages of a sickness, some with moderate affect and some on their death bed, this will be wide spread, there will be panick, and people robbing and killing each other. kinda like when the hurricane struck new orleans.
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it happens from a change of weather, it can happen if u dont take good care of yourself take your vitamins or wear socks all the time it happens.
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It could become a pandemic, although it's not as likely as the media tries to sell. The avian influeza virus could become infectious to humans, but it must exchange gentic material with the human influenza virus to do so. The Influenza virus mutates its surface epitopes about avery 9 months, give or take. That's why there's no cure for the common cold, you get abrand new one every year. That means the the avian flu virus must find a compatible human flu virus to merge, and with its high mutation rate, it's ot as likely as the media believes.
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Okay, take a deep breath. You are correct. The bird flu may or may not mutate, there may or may not be a pandemic, but all families need to be prepared for emergency situations. You need to discuss Disaster Preparedness with your parents again. Your concern is legitimate, but becoming hysterical will not help your cause nor solve the problem. For starters, your family needs to have a three month supply of water, toiletries, food, and regular medications for every member of your household. You can telephone the local office of the American Red Cross, ask for Disaster Services, and they will mail you a list of information on how to prepare and what to buy. I hope we never have to face this situation, but we need to protect our families for any emergency. Good luck !
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I would like to expand the answers already given.\nThe first worldwar (1914-18) severely affected the population balance due to the policy of 'local recruitment'. The battle of the Somme resulted in a large number of deaths where the whole MALE population from some villages had enlisted in 'Pals regiments'. These villages were left without males between the ages of 16-50 and eligible husbands were at a premium.\nThe outbreak of 'Spanish Flu' followoed in 1919 causing many thousands of deaths in males, females and children. (This pandemic is the reason for the recent worries about 'Chicken Flu' at present).\nThe period between the wars saw an increase in the use of vitamins particularly  D to combat ricketts in the poorer families by the supply of milk.  Unfortunately the quality of the milk was uncontrolled and many cases of TB were contracted from milk (bovine TB) as well as poor hygiene conditions in the housing.\n\nInfectious diseases were large killers until the introduction of antimicrobials and antibiotics after World War 2. This war also resulted in large numbers of deaths but there was an increase in births due to the possibilities of the husbands being killed in combat.\n\nPost WW2 there was austerity and hardship until the late 1950s/60s.  (Really from the coronation of Queen Elizabeth the Second.) The country talked of the new Elizabethan era and prosperity. This was shown by the "Baby Boom" of the 1960s. Mortality was reduced by the wide spread availability and use of antibiotics to fight TB and other infectious diseases. (Scarlet fever, whooping cough and  diphtheria). Innoculations were also introduced as preventative measures against some of these bacterial diseases. They then started anti-viral vaccines against polio and mumps which they combined with tetanus as the famous triple DTM vaccine.\nUnfortunately the winter of 1957 brought another pandemic of Flu, the so-called Asian flu, which killed nearly 300.000 people in UK.  Matters were not helped by the introduction of a faulty polio vaccine in 1960 which raised concern and a drop in people especially children being vaccinated against polio.
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Well from what I quickly read, it appears to be a written agreement of cooperation between the US, Canada, and Mexico in regards to security, economic, and pandemic out breaks.  What does that mean for the US?  Well one would hope that there would be cooperation in security matters (i.e. working out the security issues at the borders), working together will make the three together (US, CA, and MEX) more competitive on the world market,  In regards to health issues, the sooner it is known of a pandemic, the faster it can be isolated.  This is a very general and high level description.  So I see this as a positive move.
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Go search the news.  It recently appeared to pass from person to person in a single Indonesian family, but apparently that was the 3rd time that that has happened on a very small scale.  That's why they were so concerned so long ago (and still are;) but so far, actual cases of it happening are very rare & isolated, involving a lot of close contact with the sick person.\n\nThey believe that the virus will have to mutate before it is capable of a pandemic, but that hasn't happened yet.
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This site has everything you need to know. It is mostly NOT your fault, that you need to lose weight. The way you have been taught to eat is responsible for making obesity the number one health problem in the world (according to Atlantic Monthly magazine) soon surpassing hunger and infectious disease. So you are a victim of this pandemic (epidemic).\n\nYou need to re-learn how to eat. Find out about fastest way to lose weight, slow ways to lose weight and anti-water. Learn everything on site below so you can understand how food and exercise affects your body. Do this and you can be thin. Do this not, and you will remain part of the biggest pandemic in all of history. Due to this pandemic, for the first time in 100 years, the children of Americans have a lower life expectancy than their parents.
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Could be chicken pox's but I've never heard of anything that comes and goes. Measles, mumps, German measles...it could be a number of things. Your best bet would be to call her pediatrician in the morning and set up an appointment ASAP. It could be serious.