POSSIBLE COMPLICATIONS

My morning reading today was about typhoid, one of the most exciting diseases with great historical resonance. One must automatically think of Burma and prison camps during the war. As well as horrible tropic conditions. By the time the disease has progressed, severe and possibly fatal complications may result: respiratory infections that make full use of the weakened patient, intestinal haemorrhage, delirium, metastatic abcesses, inflammation of the gall bladder, plus of course spleen and liver enlargement and sensitivity.
Acute and chronic dehydration is a constantly recurring problem.

Pensively I take another sip of my coffee. Second cup this morning. This man is not likely to dehydrate anytime soon, as I swill caffeinated beverages throughout the day, and often need to get up and micturate even into wee hours.

In areas where the drinking water is not sterilized, such as prison camps in tropical swamps, contamination by faeces is not uncommon. Fortunately coffee and tea require boiling the water. Conclusion: caffeinated beverages lead to good health and increased life span.
Republican fascist influencers should kindly take note.

Treatment for abcesses can be problematic. I'm not at all sure that our ICE goons in Florida are trained in drainage OR antibiotic dosages, and in any case pennicilin allergies are not part of their knowledge sets.

Besides, all their experience is on the brutality end of prison camps. The therapeutic side is not their concern, and the Republican Party is anxious that that not be in the programme.


If you did not bring the water for your coffee or tea to a full roiling boil you may find yourself dying of a completely avoidable disease in Burma or Florida. Before travelling in the Deep South, whether voluntarily or otherwise, read up on fluoroquinolones, cephalosporins, azithromycin, and carbapenems. Chloramphenicol, ampicillin, cotrimoxazole.

If you get sick, drink lots of liquids.
Don't share food with natives.
And avoid the alligators.
Plus Republicans,



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