Thousands of Workers Killed by Mystery Illness in C. America
A mysterious epidemic is devastating the Pacific coast of Central America, killing more than 24,000 people in El Salvador and Nicaragua since 2000 and striking thousands of others with chronic kidney disease at rates unseen anywhere else. Scientists say they have received reports of the phenomenon as far away as southern Mexico and Panama. The roots of the epidemic, scientists say, appear to lie in the grueling nature of the work done by those who labor for hours without enough water in blazing temperatures, pushing their bodies through repeated bouts of extreme dehydration and heat stress. The punishing routine appears to be part of a previously unknown trigger of chronic kidney disease. “This is a new concept, but there’s some evidence supporting it,” he said. “There are other ways to damage the kidney. Heavy metals, chemicals, toxins have all been considered, but to date there have been no leading candidates to explain what’s going on in Nicaragua. As these possibilities get exhausted, recurrent dehydration is moving up on the list.Dialysis At Sea - News
Ten years later, he depends on dialysis treatments he administers to himself four times a day. "This is a disease that comes with no warning, and when they find it, it's too late," Ordonez said as he lay on a hammock on his porch.
Ten years later, he depends on dialysis treatments he administers to himself four times a day. "This is a disease that comes with no warning, and when they find it, it's too late," Ordonez said as he lay on a hammock on his porch.
Ten years later, he depends on dialysis treatments he administers to himself four times a day. “This is a disease that comes with no warning. When they find it, it's too late,” Ordonez said. Many of the victims are manual laborers or work in sugar cane
I was told that i will be dead by the time i am 50 due to dialysis, eventually your heart gives out and you die. Having witnessed over the past 2 years of about 5 deaths of patients whilst on dialysis it is a difficault process to imagine.
The Kinneret stood at 212.83 meters below sea level as of Thursday morning, now 17 centimeters above the bottom red line, the Water Authority reported. For Friday, the IMS predicts rainfall in the North with isolated thunderstorms and potentially snow,
