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First Swine Flu Death of US Citizen

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State Officials Say Texas Woman Dies From Swine Flu
Tuesday, May 05, 2009


Print ShareThisMCALLEN, Texas ? Texas state health officials have confirmed the first death of a Texas resident with swine flu.

Few details have been released but officials say the woman lived in Cameron County, along the U.S.-Mexico border, and had other, chronic health conditions.

The Texas Department of State Health Services said she died earlier this week.

Last week, a boy from Mexico City died at a Houston hospital, marking the first swine flu death in the United States.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,519021,00.html
 
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Reuters AlertNet - Texas woman with swine flu dies: state health dept

Texas woman with swine flu dies: state health dept

05 May 2009 20:10:13 GMT
Source: Reuters
HOUSTON, May 5 (Reuters) -

A Texas woman with the new H1N1 swine flu died earlier this week, Texas health officials said on Tuesday.


"A woman from Cameron County who had chronic underlying health conditions died earlier this week," the Texas Department of State Health Services said on its website.

It was the second death attributed to the H1N1 virus on U.S. soil.

(Reporting by Chris Baltimore)
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<cite cite="http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N05505548.htm">Reuters AlertNet - Texas woman with swine flu dies: state health dept</cite>
 
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USA. Officials: Cameron County woman dies from swine flu : News : KGBT 4

By Marcy Martinez
Tuesday, May 05, 2009 at 2:12 p.m.

Action 4 News has confirmed that a Cameron County woman has died from the H1N1 virus.


Texas state health officials told Action 4 News that the Center for Disease Control confirmed her death after 1 p.m. today.

Authorities said a female in her early 30s had contracted H1N1, or swine flu, and died at a local hospital.

The Cameron County victim is believed to be second person to die in the United States from the disease.

The woman?s name has not been released but health officials said there is no cause for concern.

They said the swine flu is actually a mild virus and this woman who died from it had underlying health conditions that made it fatal.

Authorities said they do not believe no one else who has had contact with the woman should be alarmed of their own health.

The swine flu virus she carried was already in the second incubation period, which means that anybody around her who didn't contract it by now, won't contract it.

Action 4 News will continue to follow these cases and others from the Rio Grande Valley.
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<cite cite="http://www.valleycentral.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=295941">Officials: Cameron County woman dies from swine flu : News : KGBT 4</cite>
 
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Please - no opinions - pithy comments on the news threads.

I have asked nicely several times that people start a thread in the discussion forum.

I am not going to give any more warnings.


Thank you.
 
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Headline on same source as psot #6 above.
A Mercedes school teacher who was hospitalized during the swine flu outbreak has passed away.
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A subsequent headline leads that the Santa Rosa School district has closed.
In the TV report linked above, the expert is Joseph McCormick, MD - a recognized expert in public health and bad viruses (he survived a ebloa exposure). In the interview he described that the person actually had just delivered her baby during the course of influenza infection.
JT
 
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Well, I've never been pregnant, and never will be. But, there is something that strikes me as 'not quite right' about considering pregnancy to be an 'underlying health condition' along with diabetes, immuno-suppressive disorders and the like, or refering to it as a 'chronic' condition.

Although being pregnant may statistically put put a woman in a higher risk category, do we really know why? And, does that mean higher risk to herself or her child? And, in either case, why is that so?

Perhaps someone can enlighten me. But, I"m pretty sure large numbers of pregnant women survive seasonal influenza every year. Did this woman really die because she was pregnant? Are we missing something more important by labeling a woman - pregnant? Like a, "You know...it's to be expected..." sort of dismissive comment.
 
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Addendum to my original post #97:

Is it possible that this woman, and most pregnant women who die in pandemics, die more because they are in a higher risk age cohort, than because they are pregnant.

More speculation based upon ignorance:

I can imagine that treatment of a pregnant woman can be more complicated because of the risk of harming the fetus. So, perhaps it is not wise to administer Tamiflu, because a woman is pregnant. But, that raises another question then - 'What would happen to anyone in a high risk age group that was not treated with Tamiflu - pregnant or not?'

Perhaps public health officials are now on the side of being a bit tooo cautious in their statements. Pooh, pooh stinks no matter who you are!

Rant over...sorry!
 
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Yes, hello everyone and thanks for your community that is up to date with the news.

Pregnant women can have Tamiflu but obviously it was not tested on pregnant women so there is no data regarding safety. There apparently have been no additional side effects to pregnant women or foetus, where it has been given.

I don't know why pregnant women are more likely to die from flu. They did in 1918, but I didn't realise it was a general thing for flu, until I saw it on CDC website yesterday I think, and wondered why I had never known that before. Maybe decreased pulmonary function from increased abdominal pressure? Maybe something to do with temperature/ significantly increased blood volume? I honestly don't know.
 
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Thanks for the information Thornton. If I read this correctly, the article refers more to the risks for the fetus than to the mother.

So, my question still remains, what does being pregnant have to do with the death of this woman in Texas. ABC news is now reporting she was severly overweight, diabetic, and had recently suffered from pneumonia (it isn't stated what cause of the pneumonia was). It seems to me that these 'chronic' conditions are much more relevant to her demise than her pregnancy.
 
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Snicklefritz said:
'What would happen to anyone in a high risk age group that was not treated with Tamiflu - pregnant or not?'
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Based on the today's Mellie/Time survival story text directly from the Mexico outbreak:

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=102814

it seems enaugh reasonable to highlight the survivor evidence from the isolation room, and specificaly:

without an early Tamiflu medication the illnessed have great chances to developed a strong pneumonia, which because late treatment, or no Tamiflu at all, could lead to deadly outcomes.
 
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Is this a typo?:

GENEVA, Switzerland, May 5 (UPI) -- The second confirmed U.S. death of H1N1 flu was reported in Texas Tuesday as the government modified recommendations for closing schools with suspected cases.

The victim was a 60-year-old woman from Cameron County, Texas's southernmost county, with chronic health issues who died this week, the Texas Department of State Health Services said.

The first H1N1 flu, or swine flu, death was a child from Mexico visiting relatives in Texas.

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/05/05/Texas-reports-second-H1N1-flu-death/UPI-52771241533627/
 
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I guess I'm not seeing the typo, what do you suspect as the typo? The age?

rockyman said:
Is this a typo?:

GENEVA, Switzerland, May 5 (UPI) -- The second confirmed U.S. death of H1N1 flu was reported in Texas Tuesday as the government modified recommendations for closing schools with suspected cases.

The victim was a 60-year-old woman from Cameron County, Texas's southernmost county, with chronic health issues who died this week, the Texas Department of State Health Services said.

The first H1N1 flu, or swine flu, death was a child from Mexico visiting relatives in Texas.

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/05/05/Texas-reports-second-H1N1-flu-death/UPI-52771241533627/
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what do you suspect as the typo? The age?
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The age is most often reported as 33 rather than 60.
The TV interview with Dr. McCormick was clear on the 33 year old age.
 
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