You're really not telling me anything new. I understand that dehydration would be an issue with this disease. I am still not totally convinced everything were being told from the media is true. They are almost giving this disease a mind of it's own.
Jim
Originally Posted by Mr MojoRisin
Here is what you said in post #86.
I understand what you were saying I wasn't trying to debate you on the temperature issue. I think the CDC is using temperature to over generalize. This disease is rather puzzling. They keep mentioning "Flu Like " symptoms. Ebola is nothing like the flu. The flu is a systemic virus it's endemic which means it's part of the environment. Ebola is a Hemorrhagic virus. Hemorrhage refers to bleeding.
So why would this virus cause a person to bleed internally? There is only two things I can think of that would cause a person to bleed internally, trauma and connective and vascular tissues breakdown due to loss of nutrients. So I don't think Ebola is a stand alone virus. What I think it's doing is causing the body's connective tissue to fail. Some of the common symptoms that I've been hearing about are Fatigue, Joint Pain, Rashes mainly on lower Extremities, Loss of blood from mucous membranes, Severe muscle weakness. Connective tissues damage resulting in blood loss. Of course in the later stages severe vomiting and diarrhea. That would be due to the breakdown in mucous membranes in the esophagus and intestinal tract.
1. I was answering your question about why the virus causes a person to bleed internally. The endothelial cells are in blood vessels and other places. The Ebola virus attacks or binds itself to the endothelial cells. Eventually the capallaries weaken and rupture which causes the bleeding.
2. It's not the loss of nutrients it's really loss of fluids.
3. Most people don't survive an infection of Ebola because the dehydration becomes so severe before the victim can make the antibody to neutralize the virus. According to the doctor who was on the Kelly File on Fox, Duncan did not survive due to a collapsed lung.
4. I know you are a chemist. I was not trying to teach you something new.
5. I don't work for the CDC any new revelation would have to come from them.