This is posted for widespread edification. FYI, it is known in certain informed circles (though not likely in the mainstream medical field) that Ebola is a variant of Scurvy-causing pathogen associated with Lassa Fever and the Marburg Virus (showed up around 1967 around Marburg & Frankfurt, Germany *before* showing up in Africa). Lassa Fever (aka Lassa Hemorrhagic Fever), the Marburg Virus and Ebola have all been associated with internal hemorrhaging associated with accute Scurvy. The bloody bubbles or the like on the skin associated with Ebola are also associated with Scurvy. It might be therefore sound to view Ebola as causing (among other things) "Super Scurvy".
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(Above image: Petechiae and purpura on the low limb.)
Quote:The internal hemorrhaging or petechiae associated with both Scurvy and Ebola are said to be due to extreme deficiencies in Vitamin C. Vitamin C itself is important for BLOOD CLOTTING. The link being made here is in that pathogens associated with Ebola, Marburg Virus, etc. seem to cause extreme Vitamin C deficiencies.Quote:
Petechiae may be a sign of thrombocytopenia (low platelet counts) when platelet function is inhibited (e.g., as a side effect of medications or during certain infections), or in clotting factor deficiencies.[1] They may also occur when excessive pressure is applied to tissue (e.g., when a tourniquet is applied to an extremity or with excessive coughing or vomiting).
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Scurvy is a disease resulting from a deficiency of vitamin C, which is required for the synthesis of collagen in humans. The chemical name for vitamin C, ascorbic acid {or more simply anti-scurvic acid--my addition}, is derived from the Latin name of scurvy, scorbutus, which also provides the adjective scorbutic ("of, characterized by or having to do with scurvy"). Scurvy often presents itself initially as symptoms of malaise and lethargy, followed by formation of spots on the skin, spongy gums, and bleeding from the mucous membranes. Spots are most abundant on the thighs and legs, and a person with the ailment looks pale, feels depressed, and is partially immobilized. As scurvy advances, there can be open, suppurating wounds, loss of teeth, jaundice, fever, neuropathy and death.
Treatment by fresh food, particularly citrus fruit, was periodically implemented, as it had been since antiquity. However until the 1930s, treatment was inconsistent, with many ineffective treatments used into the 20th century. It was a Scottish surgeon in the Royal Navy, James Lind, who first proved it could be treated with citrus fruit in experiments he described in his 1753 book A Treatise of the Scurvy,[2] though his advice was not implemented by the Royal Navy for several decades
If you think this might be 'crazy talk' let me advise you that Lassa Fever-associated toxicities can scavenge 500 grams per hour of Vitamin C in the body. The result: scurvitic conditions such as bleeding from orifices, gums, internal organs, etc. Intravenous sodium ascorbate is a key countermeasure for Lassa Fever which allows the body to tackle the pathogens.Quote:
Scurvy does not occur in most animals because they can synthesize their own vitamin C. However, humans and other higher primates (the simians—monkeys and apes—and tarsiers), guinea pigs, most or all bats, and some species of birds and fish lack an enzyme (L-gulonolactone oxidase) necessary for such synthesis and must obtain vitamin C through their diet. Vitamin C is widespread in plant tissues, with particularly high concentrations occurring in cruciferous vegetables, capsicum fruit including chilli and all colours of bell peppers, citrus fruits (oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruits), and almost all fruits including culinary fruits like tomatoes. The fruit with the highest concentration of vitamin C is the Kakadu Plum with nearly 3000 mg per 100g. Cooking significantly reduces the concentration of ascorbic acid.
Although "Scurvy" has been widely held to merely be a condition of acute Vitamin C deficiency, there is much evidence that Scurvy or Scurvitic conditions can have pathogenic causes. Even during the 1800s and some wondered why Scurvy wasn't as prevalent in the 1600s or 1700s if it was caused only by Vitamin C deficiency.
Timeline:
- Marburg Virus - outbreaks 1967 (Marburg & Frankfurt, Germany -- ala GERMAN RESEARCH LABS areas)
- Lassa Fever - 1969 and 1974 (Subsaharan/Central Africa)
- Ebola - 1976 (After U.S. Army bio weapons lab built in Kenema, Sierra Leone).
- 2014 - Ebola Outbreak at Sierra Leone
Between the lines: diseases such as AIDS and Ebola are linked with Africa because -> that is where the Nazis have been experimenting all along. It seems rather plausible that Lassa Fever, Marburg Virus & Ebola are variations of the same.
Related:
- Explanation of how Massive Doses of Ascorbate Cures Acute Viral Diseases from Colds to Polio and Lassa Fever, EBOLA. Etc., Distemper and Kennel Fever
- Research Proving Vitamin C’s Therapeutic Value in 200+ Diseases
- Scurvy
- Ribavirin
- Viral hemorrhagic fever
- US bioweapons lab in Sierra Leone at the epicentre of Ebola outbreak
- History of Biological Warfare
- The US Military and the Ebola Outbreak
- Ebola Horror Story
- US Department of Defence (USAMRIID) & Tulane University Released This Bioengineered Airborne Ebola/Lassa Hybrid in Sierra Leone
- The History of Canned Food
