British man seriously ill with flu like virus in Thailand does not have Chinese Coronavirus

[Chongalulu]

2 hours ago, DrTuner said:

Confirmed by who?

No I don't think the World Health Organization ...

[DrTuner]

4 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

T.A.T

Indeed.. bad for tourism - man wakes from the dead.

[Chongalulu]

52 minutes ago, Traubert said:

'doctors have since confirmed the 32 year old, who hails from Lancashire in the north of England, does not have the Chinese virus but a severe strain of flu.'

 

A doctor is a medical person, works in a hospital, wears a white coat.

 

Always get an adult to read with you.

WHICH doctors...? ???? 

[allenberg]

23 minutes ago, Benmart said:

I hope he recovers and it is none of my business about the Crowd Funding for his parents. Those that criticize it are most likely not to participate other than donating a load of "noise" to boost their own relevance.

+1

[Rocket Hawks]

2 hours ago, twix38 said:

Good he has insurance.

A gofundme page to support parents!

 

I'm afraid travelling and staying here with your son is a normal expense in the curcumstances that unless parents are destitute they should finance themselves, just like all other families do and has been done in the past before online begging began. Son has insurance so no unmanigable bills and so the family pay their own travel expenses to fly out and stay. An unexpected cost but that's part of life.

 

Hope for a speedy recovery.

They've already reached well over their target of 2000 pounds. Free money is free money. Survival of the fittest.

[Moonlover]

59 minutes ago, legend49 said:

This morning it was this:

 

He had to be ferried by specialised seaplane because his damaged lungs could not cope with high altitude travel.

 

This afternoon it was a boat.

 

Do Thais know the difference between the two modes of transport?

Get it right will you. It was the ultra reliable 'Sun' newspaper that reported the seaplane. Not the Thais! But at least The Sun got his name right.

 

!2 pages of utter drivel on the earlier thread due to their crappy reporting and now this latest report hasn't even got his name right! It's Ash Shorley. Ashley Shore is a girls name. ????

 

 

[Suradit69]

2 hours ago, DrTuner said:

Confirmed by who?

It is odd that no one consulted the Thai Visa experts first.

[Yinn]

1 hour ago, legend49 said:

This morning it was this:

 

He had to be ferried by specialised seaplane because his damaged lungs could not cope with high altitude travel.

 

This afternoon it was a boat.

 

Do Thais know the difference between the two modes of transport?

Yes. Everyone know.

 

Do the English newspaper know it?

[moutamine]

2 hours ago, twix38 said:

Good he has insurance.

A gofundme page to support parents!

 

I'm afraid travelling and staying here with your son is a normal expense in the curcumstances that unless parents are destitute they should finance themselves, just like all other families do and has been done in the past before online begging began. Son has insurance so no unmanigable bills and so the family pay their own travel expenses to fly out and stay. An unexpected cost but that's part of life.

 

Hope for a speedy recovery.

I'm with you... I hate online begging. Carry your own weight parents.

[Traubert]

1 hour ago, DrTuner said:

A Thai doctor? If so, I'd like a second opinion.

Why? Your own seems to be the only valid one in town to you.

[moutamine]

48 minutes ago, Beggar said:

It was a flying boat ????

Actually it's called an Airship bud!

[NanLaew]

2 hours ago, coppywriter said:

He sold his house to go travelling, his parents have a holiday home in Spain as well as their own home, so not exactly hard up are they? so why the need for funding by others..........

The "dripping with avarice" post of the day award goes to...

[DrTuner]

8 minutes ago, Traubert said:

Why? Your own seems to be the only valid one in town to you.

I have indeed been blessed with the capability to form my own opinion. With TAT in play that's the one I'll default to. Recipe to successful life in LOS: Trust but verify.

Edited January 21, 2020 by DrTuner

[Suradit69]

1 hour ago, legend49 said:

Do Thais know the difference between the two modes of transport?

This morning the article's attribution was

 

Quote

-- The SUN 2020-01-20

 

 

Doubt "the Thais " write for them or that the inconsistency is necessarily to blame on them, but when in doubt blame everything on "the Thais."

 

 

 

[DogNo1]

My sister's sister-in-law just died from a case of influenza at the age of 51 in Massachusetts.  My sister said "It had turned septic." I think that means that the viral infection had triggered a bacterial infection.  The present wisdom from health care providers is that it is not necessary to take antibiotics for the flu.   What seems to hsppen, in my opinion, is that the flu transitions to pneumonia with out the sufferer being aware of it happening.  Of course overuse of antibiotics is a problem but if these people had been taking an antibiotic that is effective for pneumonia such as Avelox or Aizithromycin, they may not have died.  Personally, if I have flu-like symptoms that linger for 7 days, I start a ten-day course of Avelox. So far, I have been cured every time and don't have severe side-effects.

 

I wonder how many people are aware of when their infection progresses from viral to bacterial.  My hunch is that, given the standard medical advice, most people try to just wait the flu out without going to the hospital for tests.  

[KamalaRider]

1 hour ago, DrTuner said:

A Thai doctor? If so, I'd like a second opinion.

A lot of Thai doctors have an american or european education, they're not unintelligent and unprofessional just because they are Thai. 

[DrTuner]

1 minute ago, KamalaRider said:

A lot of Thai doctors have an american or european education, they're not unintelligent and unprofessional just because they are Thai. 

I also take the have a license granted by Thai authorities. One that can be taken away fairly easily.

[Kinnock]

57 minutes ago, natway09 said:

I sincerely trust that Bumrangrad has him in isolation

I eargerly await tomorrows episode

If not - expect secondary cases of flu all over the Middle East.

[Jane Dough]

Obcesses...?

 

Noun....a swollen areas filled with pus that one is perpetually worrying about.

 

Rooster

[Thingamabob]

Media creating panic, again. Disgraceful, but as per normal.

[owenm]

Six years ago, after leaving Bangkok and arriving in Melbourne, after about four days I was admitted to hospital with Pneumonia and had 5 days in ICU. I had major complications and it was discovered that I had also contracted Legionnaires Disease, although it took one week to diagnose.. After 2 weeks in hospital was discharged, and it was a long 3 mth recovery before I could return to work, albeit very slowly for a long period. 

Because I have an auto immune issue because of chronic rheumatoid arthritis, I was told later that I had only a 10% chance of survival... 

 

I contracted my life threatening illness at a boutique Sukhumvit hotel, where the most likely culprit was poorly maintained and mouldy aircond unit.. 

 

Now my second chance of life.. 

[fantom]

Flu can be deadly.

Flu vaccination, tailored for the region is available throughout Thailand in hospitals and clinics.

 

Working in the medical field I have had flu vaccinations every year for more years than I care to remember and do so here in Chiang Mai.

[Inepto Cracy]

I posted in another thread or forum. I got tested for the coronavirus, negative maybe, but I did have flu and pneumonia.

Had the fluid in my lungs drained, pain sure, then had my sinuses drained and vacumed.

Treated with Anti Virals AND Anti Bacterials. Anti Virals to kill the virus and Anti Bacteridls to kill off any secondary infection.

I have TKR'S in both knees. Yes artificial joints to those who have never heard if total knee replacements.

The hospital and the doctors told just how concerned they are over this new Coronovirus, but it cannot be published, as it would cause a major pannic attack world wide.

So I leave it up to the keyboard pagans to tell me what is real and what is scaremongering, having been in this position myself.

I dont need to convince anybody, as to the seriousness of these viral and bacterial outbrakes, I know what its all about.

Free choice to believe or not believe.

[ukrules]

If this guy did have the Chinese virus they would do everything their power to cover it up.

[ukrules]

4 minutes ago, Inepto Cracy said:

So I leave it up to the keyboard pagans to tell me what is real and what is scaremongering, having been in this position myself.

I dont need to convince anybody, as to the seriousness of these viral and bacterial outbrakes, I know what its all about.

You had influenza, so what? It's nasty and can lead to many infections and millions die from it every year but most people get over it one way or another and live to complain about it on the internet.

[xylophone]

1 hour ago, DogNo1 said:

Personally, if I have flu-like symptoms that linger for 7 days, I start a ten-day course of Avelox. So far, I have been cured every time and don't have severe side-effects.

Just be aware that it is not the safest of drugs and others can be used in its place.

 

"Fluoroquinolone (of which Moxifloxacin is one) antibiotics can cause serious or disabling side effects that may not be reversible.

Avelox should be used only for infections that cannot be treated with a safer antibiotic".

[Steve Vincent]

Contradicting story the man in question flew out to Thailand on December 19th.... one week later he’s fighting for his life koh phi phi / rushed to hospital in Phuket - new year put tubes into his back to drain lungs ( gone from 14st down to just 9st ) parents have arrived - couldn’t fly in seaplane at the time to bumrangrad as lungs had almost collapsed ! He’s from lancashire and has been in t.v programs such as coronation street .... his parents said if he was not a fitness freak he would have died ... specialist have told his parents it will take about a year for him to recover properly. This story can be read in the sun newspaper online ...... just google his name and sun newspaper to read the full story 

[DrTuner]

27 minutes ago, ukrules said:

If this guy did have the Chinese virus they would do everything their power to cover it up.

It's fairly useless though. The cat is out of the bag and it's just a matter of time before more cases pop up. After the Chinese New Year there will be carriers aplenty, ready to spread it to outside.

[DogNo1]

Yes, thanks for the warning about Avelox.  About five years ago when I contracted a lung infection in Bangkok, a doctor at Bumrungrad prescribed two other antibiotics first and then went to Avelox which finally cured me.  So it was the antibiotic of third resort.  Could you suggest an alternative medicine which would be equally effective?  BTW, it seems that the flu vaccines are not very effective for elderly people like me.  This is information from several recent studies.

[DogNo1]

 A recent news bulletin said that the new coronavirus is communicable from human to human but it is not known just how contagious it is.  The "fish market" where it supposedly was spawned also sold lots of live animals including civet cats, the original vector of SARS.