PROTECT YOURSELF!
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URGENT! My husband is batttling for his life in University Medical Center of Princeton (NJ). A tick-borne parasite Babesia, that relentlessly destroys red blood cells causing hemolytic anemia.
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This is much rarer than Lyme disease but can be a killer. So far, Jeff has received 17 units of packed red blood cells in a process called Blood Exchange. Trying to reduce the levels of the parasite enough to allow drugs to work. This can be deadly, especially for the young and old.
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The Red Cross nurses (from Philadelphia) who managed the blood exchange process have treated four cases so far this summer in the NJ, PA, Delaware area. It's "common" overseas and in the Northeast U.S. Who knew? Who ever heard of it?
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Folks...please protect yourself when outdoors. Wear Deet and long sleeves and pants. The host tick is tiny, like a deer tick. Symptoms MAY not manifest for months.
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Uploaded on July 26, 2014