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Mike McFadden, Michigan State University Extension   |   Updated: June 8, 2011  

Silo gas forms after chopped green forages are harvested, placed into storage and begin to ferment.

Silo gas is more commonly associated with corn silage but can also occur with hay crop silages. Nitrogen oxide (NO) is one of the gases that are present in silo gas. NO combines with oxygen to form Nitrous Oxide (NO?). NO? is a corrosive and very toxic gas which is heavier than air. Because silo gas is heavier than air it tends to settle on the silage surface and flow down the silo chute on upright silos.

When inhaled, NO? mixes with water present in the human body producing nitric acid. the presence of nitric acid in the body causes burning and scarring of the lungs and respiratory system. This is the condition known as silo filler’s disease and can result in serious permanent lung injury and even death.

Symptoms of exposure to silo gas include coughing, burning, chills, fever and nausea. a farmer may also be exposed to silo gas, experience very mild or no symptoms and die while sleeping from fluid accumulation in the lungs. Farmers who suspect that they have been exposed to silo gas should seek medical assistance immediately.

Silo filler’s disease can be prevented by the following practices:

• Do not enter the silo for two to three weeks after silo filling has been completed.
• Run the silo blower for thirty minutes before entering the silo and leave it running while you are in the silo.
• Level off the silo or set up the silo unloader immediately after the last load has been blown in the silo and leave the blower running while you remain inside the silo. do not wait to do this. any delay can allow silo gas to form and accumulate.
• Ventilate the silo room to dissipate any silo gas that may have moved down the silo chute and collected there.
• Use an approved self- contained air supplying breathing apparatus when entering a silo within a four to six week period after it has been filled.
• Always have another person available to assist in an emergency.
• Portable gas monitors are available to test for nitrogen dioxide as well as oxygen levels.

You can find more information about silo gas here.

The outbreak of Vibro cholerae 01 Inaba has led to the hospitalization of 913 people since it was first reported on 23 February.At present, the outbreak’s spread is slowing: 11 new cases were recorded on 6 April and the fatality rate fell from 14.4 to 5.5 percent over the previous three weeks. in mid-March, 189 cases were recorded in a single week in the city’s Lubunga district.It is also confined to Kisangani’s five zones. Suspected cases some 125km away from the city tested negative for cholera.“We are not out of the woods yet,” cautioned John Sapu, the doctor in charge of the cholera treatment centre in Lubunga, pointing out that the cholera strain in question was particularly virulent and could survive outside the human body for 15 days. So it will take a fortnight before the effects of the rains and the overall progression of the outbreak can be accurately gauged.according to World Health Organization official Guy Kalambayi, if the rains do not deliver a new spike in cases, “the spread could be brought under control within a month”.But the lack of a dramatic reduction in the caseload led Leen Verhenne, who works with the Belgian branch of Médecins Sans Frontières, to be cautious.“This type of epidemic can stay around for the long term and claim many victims,” she told IRIN, adding that epidemiological data suggested the principal transmission route was from person to person, rather than via consumption of contaminated water, which generally leads to steeper, shorter peaks in transmission rates.

Hygiene lessons Mystery still surrounds how the outbreak’s patient zero, a 50-year-old woman who had never left Kisangani, became infected. first cases of previous outbreaks tend to involve patients who had travelled from cholera-endemic areas such as Katanga or the Kivu provinces.

Results of tests on 11 of Kisangani’s water sources have yet to be released. as a precautionary measure, municipal authorities chlorinated all the city’s main sources of water, distributed purification tablets and increased public education about personal and food hygiene.Of particular concern to health officials is the tradition of mourners embracing the corpses of the deceased before burial; one such incident is known to have caused some early transmissions in this outbreak.and according to Sapu, some patients “go to a church to get healed, rather than a health centre”.because the last major outbreak here occurred more than a decade ago, cholera symptoms now often go unrecognized.“Patients die at home in a sea of their own stool. It’s another risk for the community,” noted Aimé Lukussa, the doctor in charge of the city’s Lubunga Zone. Even though treatment is free, “some come to the health centre too late, when fatal dehydration is too advanced”, he added.

Cerebral malaria is a severe type of malaria that affects the brain and the central nervous system. If not treated immediately, this rapidly developing brain disease can cause considerable damage to the brain, and prove fatal within 24 to 72 hours. Though malaria is quite a common disease that affects millions of people around the globe, cerebral malaria is not so common. it has been observed that only 20 to 25% of the cases of malaria progress to cerebral malaria. it is caused by the parasite Plasmodium falciparum, which is injected into the human body by the bite of the infected female anopheles mosquitoes.

Apart from Plasmodium falciparum, there are three other types of plasmodium parasites that can cause milder form of malaria in humans and they are known as, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium ovale. Cerebral malaria occurs when the infected and non infected red blood cells collect in the tiny capillaries or blood vessels that supply blood to the brain. this can damage these blood vessels and disrupt the supply of blood, oxygen and nutrients to the brain. this malaria can also cause the development of ring like lesions in the brain. below here is a brief discussion about cerebral malaria symptoms and treatment.Signs and Symptoms

The typical malaria symptoms can be observed in the case of cerebral malaria as well. these symptoms are, high fever with chills and shivering, sweating, headache, nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea. in the initial stage, known as ‘cold stage’, the patient experiences chills and shivering for 1 to 2 hours, which is then followed by the ‘hot stage’, characterized by high grade fever (about 107 degree Fahrenheit) lasting about 3 to 4 hours. The third stage is the ‘wet stage’, where the patient experiences profuse sweating for about 2 to 4 hours.

A drop in blood pressure, muscle pain and changes in posture can also be observed in cerebral malaria patients. this malaria can cause the intracranial pressure to rise. because of this parasitic infection, the red blood cells of the body may break down at a quicker pace, which can manifest in problems like, hemorrhage, anemia, enlarged spleen and liver, jaundice and blood in urine. As this malaria affects the brain, it can produce several neurological symptoms as well. such symptoms can include, confusion, delirium, seizures, convulsions, paralysis in one side of the body and impaired consciousness. The condition can eventually lead to coma that can last for 24 to 72 hours. TreatmentCerebral malaria calls for immediate medical intervention. The treatment of this malaria involves the administration of quinine, a drug obtained from the bark of the Cinchona tree. this drug can disrupt the enzymatic digestive processes of the parasites. Another drug that is employed for the treatment of this parasitic infection is, Coartem, which contains artemether and lumefantrine. Artemether is obtained from ‘arteminisin’, which is a natural compound used in Chinese traditional medicine for the treatment of malaria and fever. Lumefantrine, on the other hand, is an antibiotic.

Apart from these, certain other medications such as, anti seizure and anticonvulsant medications can be required for controlling the symptoms of cerebral malaria. If the patient is in coma, then it is very important to take adequate measures to keep the airways open. also important is to closely monitor the fluid intake, urine output, as well as the blood sugar level and the concentration of sodium in the body of such patients.

So, this was a brief overview of what is cerebral malaria, its symptoms and treatment. Prompt treatment of this malaria can help to prevent several complications associated with it. What is more interesting is that almost 90% of patients who recover from this malaria do not have any residual neurological problems, despite the fact that the disease affects the brain. so, cerebral malaria can be treated effectively, if the symptoms of this condition are recognized early, and then brought under the notice of a certified health care provider.

In a story appearing on Reuters’ Alernet website, which provides free and unfettered publishing rights for “human rights” racketeers like Human Rights Watch, correspondent Nidal al-Mughrabi employs the logical fallacies appeal to pity, assertion, the red herring and non sequitur, as well as violating the Reuters Handbook of Journalism by failing to “take no side/tell all sides” when he writes that exorcisms and religious charlatans are flourishing in Gaza due to “war and poverty”:
There are a lot of demons to chase in this poverty-riddled Palestinian enclave, say a growing number of Koranic exorcists who have set up shop in Gaza, offering to end the torments of their sometimes highly disturbed patients.The growth of exorcist clinics is seen by some as a sign of rising religious fervor among ordinary Palestinians. Hamas, the Islamic militant group that runs Gaza, however, is increasingly concerned that many exorcists are simply charlatans [...]The idea of demonic possession exists in many religions, and belief in the existence of demons and spirits, known as jinns, is widespread among Muslims, but many mainstream clerics doubt they can possess the human body, and disapprove of the work of the so-called Koranic clinics [...]Sheikh Ahmed Nemir, a Hamas leader and well-known Muslim cleric, believes in the power of possession, unlike some of his peers. he says economic hardship and psychological traumas have encouraged evil spirits.
The Gaza Strip is one of the most densely populated places on earth, with more than 1.5 million people crammed into the 360-square-kilometer, or 140-square-mile, territory, shut off from the rest of the world by Israeli and Egyptian security barriers.
Sheikh Nemir said Muslims with weak faith and values were vulnerable to possession by jinns acting as the agents of hostile religions.
“The spirits are Jewish and Christians,” the white-bearded cleric said.
“Spirits who claim to be Muslims are collaborators because they obey the Jewish and Christians masters.” Medical experts say Gaza’s jinns are what most doctors would diagnose as symptoms of psychological illness [...]Recent studies have shown that up to 12 percent of people in Gaza suffer from psychological trauma caused by the conflict with Israel, economic troubles and isolation.Al-Mughrabi’s premise here is that the incidence of mental illness in Gaza is due to intensely crowded and impoverished living conditions aggravated by the conflict with Israel.  Reuters has been attempting for years to make the case that Gaza is “one of the most densely populated places on earth” so let’s begin there.

A population of 1.5 million people in Gaza over 360 square kilometers represents a density of 4,167 people per square kilometer.  In a comparison with other urban areas around the world, there are fifty-three cities or city-states more crowded than Gaza — including Taipei, Singapore, and Tel Aviv.

Note also that anxiety disorders, like post traumatic stress disorder, are as prevalent in France and more prevalent in the US than the 12 percent psychological trauma rate for Gaza reported by al-Mughrabi.

On the economic front, many countries with a GDP per capita lower than that in Gaza also have lower reported rates of mental illness.  While as noted, many wealthy societies suffer relatively high rates of mental illness.

Which leaves us with the effects of the military conflict with Israel.  While we have no doubt that this has taken its toll on the civilian population in Gaza, al-Mughrabi is strangely silent on the comparable effects on Israelis who have suffered years of rocket attacks from Palestinian areas.  As we noted here, in border communities like Sderot, 45 percent of Israeli children under the age of six, 41 percent of mothers, and 33 percent of fathers suffer from PTSD.

Yet, we haven’t read of a boom in exorcism clinics opening in Sderot to purge Israeli patients of Muslim demons and jinns.

Perhaps al-Mughrabi ought to consider the possibility that the Palestinian culture in Gaza encourages this type of irrational thinking.

Having occasional gas troubles can be an annoyance and can cause some pain, but it really isn’t anything major. However, there are some health problems related to gas in stomach that can be more severe. Lactose intolerance is one of these problems. Lactose intolerance is a condition where the human body is unable to digest lactose, which is a sugar that is found in dairy products. since people with this intolerance are unable to digest lactose, they produce excess gas when they consume too much milk or other food products made of milk. those people who have been diagnosed with lactose intolerance are advised to avoid dairy products altogether in order to avoid the pains associated with gas in stomach. Another disorder that can be related to gas is Chron’s disease.Chron’s disease is a gastrointestinal disease that can be exacerbated by having gas in stomach. Although the disease is not directly caused by the things that cause gas, having intestinal gas from natural sources can make the pain from Chron’s disease worse. Chron’s disease can be inherited through genetics, but it can also be caused by other things like smoking. Other major problems related to gas in stomach include being infected by certain viruses. one of these viruses is influenza. Influenza has a host of different symptoms including body pains and other symptoms, but gas in stomach can make these symptoms worse. Having gas while having influenza can cause such symptoms as diarrhea and other major health problems. If you are experiencing major pains in your stomach and you believe that it is being caused by more than just gas in stomach, you should seek the attention of a medical physician to that the true cause of your ailments can be determined.

The white crystalline substance we know of as sugar is an unnatural substance produced by industrial processes (mostly from sugar cane or sugar beets) by refining it down to pure sucrose, after stripping away all the vitamins, minerals, proteins, enzymes and other beneficial nutrients.

What is left is a concentrated unnatural substance, which the human body is not able to handle, at least not in anywhere near the quantities that is now ingested in today has accepted lifestyle.  Sugar is addictive.  The average American now consumes approximately 150 lbs. of sugar per year.  this is per man, woman and child.

The biggest reason sugar does more damage than any other poison, drug or narcotic is twofold:

• (a) it is considered a “food” and ingested in such massive quantities, and
• (b) The damaging effects begin early, from the day a baby is born and is fed sugar in its formula.  even mothers milk is contaminated with it if the mother eats sugar, and
• (c) Practically 95% of people is addicted to it to some degree or other.

It has been said that the criteria as to whether a substance (any substance) is harmful or medically beneficial is the quantity in which it is used in the human body.  to point to a dramatic illustration: we all know that the venom of a rattlesnake, a cobra, water moccasin, coral, and other venomous snakes is deadly to the human system.  there are some snakes whose bite is so deadly it can cause death within a matter of seconds.  nevertheless, even snake venom, deadly as it is, has been used for therapeutic, medical purposes when used in minute quantities.

Whereas sugar had been around in minute quantities for several thousand years, it was practically unknown and formed an insignificant part of the average diet in the Classical civilizations of Egypt, Greece, and Rome.  The Greeks (who had a word for nearly everything!) did not even have a word for it.  even in medieval Europe it was practically unknown and then only a rare delicacy in the royal courts.

During the last major Crusade that ended in 1204, some of the Christian Crusaders were introduced to sugar freely used by the Saracens.  The Moors when invading and colonizing the southern part of Spain grew sugar cane on Spanish soil and refined sugar.  When Spain drove out the Moors, it inherited some of the cane plantations.  it was during this time that Christendom took its first big bite of the forbidden fruit and liked it.

Why is sugar so devastating to our health?  One reason is it is pure chemical and (like heroin) through refining has been stripped of all the natural food nutrition that it originally had in the plant itself.

Heroin and sugar are arrived at by very similar processes of refinement.  in producing heroin, the opium is first extracted from the poppy: The opium is then refined into morphine.  The chemists then went to work on morphine and further refined it into heroin, proclaiming they had “discovered” a wonderful new painkiller that was non-addictive.  So they said.

Similarly, sugar is first pressed as a juice from the cane (or beet) and refined into molasses.  then it is refined into brown sugar, and finally into strange white crystals C12H22O, that are an alien chemical to the human system.

A second reason that sugar is so harmful is that like heroin, it is addictive, and being delectable and seductive to the taste, it is habit forming.  Starting with sugar in the baby’s formula, people not only develop a strong taste for sugar but an insatiable craving for it so that they never seem to get enough of this poison.

A third reason is that the damage sugar does is slow and insidious.  it takes years before it ruins your pancreas, your adrenal glands, throws your endocrine system out of kilter, and produces a huge list of damage.

A fourth reason is the outrageous amounts of sugar-civilized nations consume.  Americans in particular are told how they are the best-fed and best-nourished people on the face of the earth.  If we are talking about processed junk food – this is true.

If you examine the “foods” in any supermarket more closely and start reading labels, you will find just about everything contains sugar.  Most of the foods are loaded with it – from cereals, to soups, to ketchup, to hotdogs.  even flue-cured tobacco can contain as much as 20% sugar by weight.  Some cereals are as much as 50% sugar.

We have stated that sugar is deleterious to your health: that it is more damaging than all other narcotics combined; that it is a long-term chemical poison.  Just what damage does sugar do to the human body?  The list is endless.

When we talk about sugar, we are including bad nutrition as a whole, since anyone who indulges in sugar has bad dietary habits per se.

1. Sugar is by far the leading cause of dental deterioration – cavities in teeth, bleeding gums, failure of bone structure, and loss of teeth.
2. Sugar is the main cause of diabetes, hyperglycemia, and hypoglycemia.
3. It is either a significant or a contributory cause of heart disease, arteriosclerosis, mental illness, depression, senility, hypertension, cancer.
4. It has an extremely harmful effect in unbalancing the endocrine system and injuring its component glands such as the adrenal glands, pancreas, and liver, causing the blood sugar level to fluctuate widely.  it has a number of other extremely damaging effects on the human body.

Some of the other effects of sugar on the body are:

• Increases overgrowth of Candida yeast organism
• Increases chronic fatigue
• Can trigger binge eating in those with bulimia
• Increases PMS symptoms
• Increases hyperactivity in about 50% of children
• Increases tooth decay
• Increases anxiety and irritability
• Can increase or intensify symptoms of anxiety and panic in susceptible women
• Can make it difficult to lose weight because of constantly high insulin levels, which causes the body to store excess carbohydrates as fat.

There are a number of books available on the subject, but perhaps one of the most interesting ones is “Sugar Blues” by William Duty.  it is available in most Health Food stores.

"Chronic high doses of Vitamin C can precipitate a scorbutic condition when you stop taking them. your body adjusts to the high dosages and develops the signs and symptoms of scurvy when stopped."

GAHHH.
IS THAT TRUE?

i have about 5000mg of vitamin c per day on average.

is that bad?

Most supplements and vitamins are kinda pointless in my opinion. your body cant break it all down normally and most of the vitamins you will take you most likely will piss them out. I stopped taking them just for the fact that its expensive. I would say your fine but I would rather see you just eat fruit and vegetables with what you need. the human body responds best to natural vitamins

that is way too much, you should only be taking about 65mg-70mg a day.

your skin might turn orange

Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is an antioxidant vitamin that is water-soluble. the human body is incapable of making its own vitamin C and needs to obtain it through a diet that includes food rich in vitamin C.

Why Vitamin C is important

Vitamin C is vital for the formation of collagen, which is a protein that provides structure to muscle, bone, blood vessels and cartilage. Vitamin C also helps in the efficient absorption of iron and helps heal wounds and burns, strengthens blood vessels, promotes strong bones and teeth, boosts immunity and builds healthy skin and gums.

Vitamin C has been recognized as a highly effective antioxidant. it offers protection to the cells of the body against damage caused by free radicals, which could lead to a host of health problems including heart disease and cancer.

The body’s vitamin C requirement increases significantly in case of burns and also during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

Effects of Vitamin C Deficiency

Vitamin C deficiency is the main cause of scurvy wherein there is weakening of collagen-containing connective tissue, blood vessels and bone. Symptoms of scurvy include swelling and joint pain, easy bruising and bleeding and loss of hair and teeth.

Where to get Vitamin C

The best way for the body to get its daily requirement is by eating a variety of foods that are known to contain vitamin C. Citrus fruits including oranges and grapefruits, strawberries and sweet red peppers are the richest sources of vitamin C. Other good sources of Vitamin C include guava, papaya, kiwi, broccoli, spinach and green leafy vegetables.

Vitamin C is water soluble and cannot be retained by the body. hence it is important that the body gets some amount of Vitamin C everyday in order to maintain optimum health.

Retaining vitamin C in foods

Vitamin C is easily lost in foods during storage and cooking. the following precautions can prevent this from happening:Vegetables and fruits should be served and eaten raw whenever possibleMicrowave or boil vegetables containing vitamin C for the minimum required time in the minimum amount of water. Raw vegetables and fruits that are cut should be stored in the refrigerator in an airtight container. Avoid storing or soaking in water as vitamin C gets depleted by dissolving in water.

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One of the best sources for Vitamin C is Himalayan Goji Berry Juice.

For people having malaria, signs and symptoms usually start for you to develop ten to thirty days after an infection. they will vary from moderate indicators to serious disease, as well as dying. good examples regarding early symptoms of malaria include a fever, chills, nausea, and also diarrhea. An infection with one particular kind of parasite might trigger acute symptoms whenever kept without treatment, like seizures, kidney failure, coma, and fluid inside the lungs.

An Introduction for Malaria Signs and SymptomsWhenever someone becomes infected with the particular parasite which leads to malaria(Plasmodium), it starts to grow inside the human body. Characteristically, after 10 – 30 days, malaria symptoms may start off. The actual time period in between an infection and the actual begin of your symptoms is known as malaria incubation period. this specific period of time may end up being as short as 7 days or sometimes as long as a couple of years.

Infections with malaria parasites might end up in a diverse range of symptoms, varying from rather moderate symptoms to extreme sickness, as well as death. In general, this is a curable illness when identified and taken care of quickly and properly.

Early Symptoms of MalariaIn the very first phases of the disease, the majority of men and women have early malaria symptoms which consist of: Diarrhea, Sweats, Fever, Headaches, Nausea and throwing up, Tiredness, Shaking chills and Muscles aches

In nations where malaria occurs very sporadically, these kinds of symptoms might be attributed for you to the flu virus (influenza), the typical cold, or perhaps some other typical bacterial infections.

Despite the fact that it does not happen frequently, symptoms of malaria may stick to a cyclical pattern. In these situations, symptoms remain for 6 to 10 hrs and then get much better. every 2 to 3 days, based upon the actual kind of malaria parasite, the signs and symptoms return.