Old Disease in Poland.

Old disease in Poland -Now Long gone, but is it really?

America is now seeing problems with this. Old deadly bacteria which was said
to be dormant, rather small number of cases, barely enough to count now coming
back into the picture of the 21st century.. is Poland now finding old disease re-
surfacing again?

'Old disease' what is that, never heard of it.

ok, maybe I worded this wrong, I seen something recently about bubonic plague
and now a new strain of Tb which is drug resistant ( the guy all over the news)

I guess what my question is. these diseases which we battled for so long to get
under control are now coming back into the picture.. some which were almost
non -existant or were they? did they take a new form?

Pretty scarey if you ask me.. especially since I have a daughter which is immuno-
suppressed. and we think we have things under-control.. luck has been with us
so far :) but non the less. its a constant worry.

I saw that on the news he wants shooting, I cant believe he got on a flight and has endangered all those people

P, TB is making a come back in the UK but they put it down to the immigrants (not European) those from 3rd world countries...

yes. common sense was ignored in this case.. I dont know what doctors he sported
for his heath care, but saying that it wasnt contagious "someones lying"

if anythings even suspected where i work, they keep them till all tests are complete
and its ruled out. or they get treatment.. but they are isolated till its deemed safe.


this should be controlled at borders.. now that I do agree with..especially where this
is concerned....

I don't believe his doctors told him that.....if that were the case, why was he being sneaky with his travels? He didn't want to get stuck in a country that possibly could not treat him----he admits he feared for his life in case he needed extreme health care.

He was being selfish, pure and simple.....didn't care about anyone but himself, IMHO.


Actually, P, it's not a new strain, just a very rare strain. It's because of strains like this that people must always complete a round of antibiotics, even if they feel better after only taking a few......thats how drug resistant strains develop.....the strain is not completely wiped out and it grows an immunity to the drugs that were intended to treat it.....think in the case of a flu shot.....we are given the virus in a low dose in order to form antibodies to it.....same thing happens here, except its in reverse.....the virus forms antibodies to the drugs.

I agree. and him being a lawyer, well , they are notorious for investigation, didnt he
check some sources to see what he should do?

lying to the media gets him no where, people will form an opinion and I think
his sneaking got him into some trouble.. those people on the plane were
Pizzed off!! big time.


is your facility noticing a increase in this? weve had slight increase, but enough
for some red flags.

Never heard of it. Sepsa - this is another story.

Patricia, what old disease? Be more specific...
I mean, we`ve had bubonic plague, TBC and now we have large-scale diabetes, cirrhosis etc. How to stop them - eat well, sweets - max. 100 g/week(!), some sports, drink moderately and not (often) later than 9 pm. Easy to get it, I think...

By the way, can sb get diabetes by 35-40 from strong beer? I heard (and I hope ) not.
Other pb would do better, because I fancy doing a little sports and not eating crap, some kinds of fast food etc, and I could take care of my liver and heart up to 65. But, the rest should be O.K. as you can hardly control it by your own will...

Alcohol breaks down into sugar when metabolized. People with diabetes should not drink at all.

If you are concerned, see a doctor and get a fasting glucose blood test.
Diabetes has a way of "sneaking up" on you. Take care!

disease's which were things of the past is what I mean, theres been increasing numbers..

Oh, it`s O.K. by now. A good well below 100 (mg), and, anyhow, I don`t drink very much :) Thank you!