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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: DixieBelle on February 08, 2008, 11:42:09 AM
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SPRINGDALE - The medical community is warning the public: a leprosy outbreak in Springdale could blossom into an epidemic, if something isn't done soon.
Doctors say at least nine cases of leprosy have been confirmed in Springdale. Local doctors say they would be shocked by even one case of leprosy in their entire career, so they say something must be done soon, in order to stop leprosy's spread.
Springdale MD Jennifer Bingham says, "my initial response was: I am shocked. I am shocked we are seeing this. It's a true reason to be very worried."
Medical specialists say the Marshall Islands have the most cases of leprosy, in the world. And the city with the largest number of Marshallese people, outside the Marshall islands, is Springdale. And Bingham says, it makes sense, then, that leprosy is spreading to the city. "It's from the Marshall islands; that's why we're seeing it."
Bingham says she is all for Marshallese people entering the United States, after proper medical tests. But whether they're immigrants or not, she says people must stick to treatment, when infected. And she says, when she treats those from the Marshall Islands, this doesn't happen. "We're not getting the compliance that is absolutely essential to take care of this process."
Bingham says without cooperation, leprosy, which has no vaccine, and is transmitted through the air, will spread, and could easily become an epidemic. "People absolutely should be concerned. What I'm afraid of, is when people start thinking about it enough, it will already be out of control."
So now, Bingham, and others like Mayoral candidate Nancy Jenkins, say government help is the next step. Jenkins says she's angered the federal government has been so lax with border patrol. She says, "We've just opened the borders and said, 'Come on in! Bring your diseases! Bring 'em!' Why are we doing that? Those who have it need to be quarantined and treated, or sent back to their country."
Dr. Bingham is requesting the public take action, and write everyone from legislators, and presidential candidates, to Congress, and the Health Department. Shey says, "the only way to truly protect our community and our economic growth, is to think of this as a very important, panic-mode attempt to treat leprosy: before it gets out of hand."
Doctors say leprosy will appear as a discoloration, or nodules, on the skin, especially the fingers, toes, arms, and face. With treatment, it is curable, but it can take from six months, to two years, to completely disappear.
Springdale is also reporting over 100 cases of tuberculosis.
http://www.kfsm.com/Global/story.asp?S=7841296
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Lovely.
Makes me want to be a hermit.
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Outbreaks of diseases in US cities that were previously under control are the result of one thing.
Can you guess? The TB increase is a clue.
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Outbreaks of diseases in US cities that were previously under control are the result of one thing.
Can you guess? The TB increase is a clue.
If you say it, they'll call you a racist.
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Outbreaks of diseases in US cities that were previously under control are the result of one thing.
Can you guess? The TB increase is a clue.
If you say it, they'll call you a racist.
The diseases are brought in because of unchecked illegal immigration.
Hey but they already call me a racist because I'm White.
And Male.
And American.
And Conservative.
And Christian.
And a Veteran.
Lucky for me my non-white immigrant wife doesn't think so! :-)
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Actually I understand armadillos are one of the few creatures besides man that can harbor the bacteria responsible for leprosy; Arkansas is certainly in armadillo territory, too.
The real question is WHAT THE HELL ARE THEM ARKANSANS DOIN' WITH THEM DANG ARMADILLOS?!?!?
:angryvillagers:
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I think perhaps we are missing the underlying point here.......if the folks that are spreading Leprosy are from the Marshall Is., it is unlikely that they are illegals......I mean it is not as though you can get to the US from there in a canoe......
The point seems to me to be.....forget the illegals for a moment, and all of the pestilence that they are bringing in......these are folks that are likely coming in LEGALLY, and are not being screened and rejected if they pose public health concerns......
Exactly what the hell is ICE doing these days??
doc
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I think perhaps we are missing the underlying point here.......if the folks that are spreading Leprosy are from the Marshall Is., it is unlikely that they are illegals......I mean it is not as though you can get to the US from there in a canoe......
The point seems to me to be.....forget the illegals for a moment, and all of the pestilence that they are bringing in......these are folks that are likely coming in LEGALLY, and are not being screened and rejected if they pose public health concerns......
Exactly what the hell is ICE doing these days??
doc
Agreed....one more thing, send them home..... :censored:
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I think perhaps we are missing the underlying point here.......if the folks that are spreading Leprosy are from the Marshall Is., it is unlikely that they are illegals......I mean it is not as though you can get to the US from there in a canoe......
The point seems to me to be.....forget the illegals for a moment, and all of the pestilence that they are bringing in......these are folks that are likely coming in LEGALLY, and are not being screened and rejected if they pose public health concerns......
Exactly what the hell is ICE doing these days??
doc
Hell I wonder what all kinds of health issues they have due to the US.
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Either the reporter has got the facts wrong or the medical hicks in Springdale, AR do not have a clue. Leprosy is caused by human contact. It is not an airborne disease. Can not believe the stupidity of these people.
The Federal Government closed down the only leprosy medical facility about 10 years ago in Carville LA. As a teenager, I used to play in golf tournaments there. My mom would warn me not to pick up anyone's golf ball. However, there was no danger because in order to contract the disease you have to have a great deal of contact or live with a leper. In other words, it is very hard to contract the disease.
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Leporsy is not very contagious. It only spreads person to person. Also, it is treatable and can have full recovery. The bacteria that causes it, is related to tuberculosis.
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Leporsy is not very contagious. It only spreads person to person. Also, it is treatable and can have full recovery. The bacteria that causes it, is related to tuberculosis.
Don't know about full recovery. The lepers I saw in Carville were way past the treatment stage; it was an awful sight. Certainly makes me appreciate the good health the Lord gave me.
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Don't know about full recovery. The lepers I saw in Carville were way past the treatment stage; it was an awful sight. Certainly makes me appreciate the good health the Lord gave me.
Full recovery happens if detected early.