Korea reports brain death linked to new flu

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Pandemic influenza (influenza A/H1N1) were infected with 40-year-old woman fell into a state of brain death. Who fell into a state of brain death is the first time that a new influenza infection. Earlier this woman died and four different people, chronic disease was not a healthy person. This patient is now the heart and lungs are working properly, wear a respirator brain stops.

Kwon Joon-wook, Director, National Institute of Health infectious disease control is 4 "living in the metropolitan area is 40-year-old female patient with confirmed pandemic influenza 1, swelling of the brain, causing a brain hemorrhage computed tomography (CT) results of a brain-dead medical team diagnosed and an estimated "and" What about a new flu virus that caused the brain death is unknown, however, that precision mechanics as well as research experts, "he said.

This patient on June 24, a worsening cough and fever and went to the doctor for symptoms of 27, received a diagnosis of pneumonia in another hospital. The next day, however, came to the symptoms of acute respiratory distress, was transferred to hospital after a large, immediate antiviral (Tamiflu) was administered. Then turn around the state 30th in the shooting result of chest X-ray confirmed pneumonia and was gone. But this month on March 1, brain edema and cerebral hemorrhage occurred suddenly fell into a state of brain death.

Director, Center for Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health Byonyuru Chung is "brain dead by doctors after the drug Tamiflu, the brain-dead because of pandemic influenza pneumonia symptoms disappeared completely not issued a finding that" and that "many U.S. deaths developing a disease of the brain case of pandemic flu and once in Mexico is not far, "he said.

As of yesterday, the 5017 pandemic influenza patients and increase people's hospital in eight patients (including donors) it. Of these 73 patients with hypertension and 67-year-old woman's disease that is relatively poor year-old male patient with chronic liver diseases.

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2009.09.05 10:56:59


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Healthy 40-year-old women in the state of brain death

The deaths due to pandemic influenza in South Korea increased to four more people were infected with pandemic flu-ridden 40-something woman brain-dead.


Central headquarters of the Ministry of Health and Welfare flu on April 4, "in the metropolitan area of 40-year-old female patient, cause a stroke one day this month, fell into a brain-dead" and announced.


Experts are common symptoms of stroke are caused by new influenza infection, but can not rule out the possibility the virus affected the brain, he said.

According to headquarters, the woman was normally healthy persons infected with pandemic influenza, who died in the past, unlike the high-risk group that did not belong. This woman complained of fever 24 days last month, causing pneumonia in hospitalized 27 days. Fever and cough, with symptoms such as dyspnea, acute respiratory distress (ARDS) was diagnosed.


Kwon Joon-wook, the task force spokesman said, "whether that affected the brain-dead pandemic influenza is currently under investigation," he said.


Infectious Diseases Department of Medicine, Korea University (Uju Kim) said, "so that a new influenza infection encephalitis cases occur in the U.S. and Japan, after the virus enters the lungs, the brain through the blood vessels It is possible to influence, "he said.

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Brain death was caused by A(H1N1)
September 09, 2009
The A(H1N1) virus was the direct cause of the brain death of a woman who was infected with the new flu, health authorities confirmed yesterday.

It?s the first case in Korea of a patient with the virus to have suffered brain damage.

The Ministry of Health and Welfare?s headquarters in charge of the epidemic said its researchers conducted a series of thorough medical tests on the woman who was declared brain dead on Sept. 1. She tested positive for the new flu on Aug. 31.

The Health Ministry said doctors had initially believed that a cerebral edema and hemorrhage had stopped her brain from functioning. But later tests showed that the cause of her brain death was encephalitis triggered by the flu infection.

Doctors had debated whether her brain death was caused by the influenza or not. The patient wasn?t classified as ?high risk? since she was not suffering from lung or heart ailments.

According to the health authorities, four patients with the flu in the United States aged between 7 and 17 suffered from brain conditions including pediatric encephalitis, but they fully recovered. There are thought to be no other reports of adults with the new flu suffering brain damage in the world.

?An influenza virus often causes neurological complications on the brain,? said Dr. Kim Sung-han of Asan Medical Center in Seoul. ?The A(H1N1) virus is much stronger than seasonal influenza viruses, so there is a larger possibility that her brain death is linked to the new flu infection.?

According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the brain-dead patient will officially be counted as part of the country?s death toll for the new flu, which has stayed at four since last week.

The Health Ministry said 2,014 were newly infected with the virus last week.


By Ser Myo-ja [myoja@joongang.co.kr]