The normal procedure is to stick a tube with a camera down your throat for a really close look (voice of experience, here). A CT scan would follow if there was evidence of a growth. Medicare will cover this as will medicaid. I don’t know if Obamacare bronze will, but I don’t qualify and I am opposed to the program, anyway. That’s another topic, however.
Illegal alien reflux is not quite as bad as illegal alien Tuberculosis.
illegal immigrant kids housed in detention facilities…. there are children showing classic tuberculosis symptoms — spitting up blood, a constant cough and chest pain….
….at least a half dozen anonymous sources, including nurses and health care providers who worked at Lackland, allege that the government is covering up what they believe to be a very serious health threat.
Several of my sources tell me that tuberculosis has become a dangerous issue at both the border and the camps.
I do not find this at all surprising since live cattle brought across the border are also testing positive for TB and so is Mexican cheese. Actually I would be very surprised if there were not cases of TB. That is why LEGAL immigrants have chest x-rays!
(These are notes from 2008 and the links maybe dead.)
“The high prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in Mexican cattle was discussed. A multiagency investigation in New York city identified 35 cases of human M. bovis infection. Fresh cheese from Mexico was identified as the likely source of infection” (Winters et al., 2005). http://www.nzfsa.govt.nz/science/riskprofiles/FW0320_Mbovis_in_meat_final_May_2006.pdf
For Mexican Feeder Cattle in Effect April 1, 2002… Dr. Logan… said, the disease is extremely rare in U.S. herds. How ever, more TB-lesioned cattle are being detected at slaughter, and ear tags indicate that many of these animals are of Mexican origin. http://www.tahc.state.tx.us/news/pr/2002/302TBMx.pdf
“The high prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in Mexican cattle was discussed. A multiagency investigation in New York city identified 35 cases of human M. bovis infection. Fresh cheese from Mexico was identified as the likely source of infection” (Winters et al., 2005). http://www.nzfsa.govt.nz/science/riskprofiles/FW0320_Mbovis_in_meat_final_May_2006.pdf
He had a scope which may have seen something suspicious, hence the CT.
But I don’t have the medical records.
In practice, for acid reflux, you would treat it with dietary modification, smoking and alcohol cessation, meds (e.g. H2-blockers, PPIs), and see if the symptoms (including sore throat) go away.
If not, then scope, then CT if anything looked suspicious.
I cut out the carbs and haven’t had a problem with acid reflux for over ten years. One slice of bread after noon will still give me acid reflux by bedtime though.
Didn’t Fox News this morning (Oz time) just report that Obama has had a sore throat for the last few days?
He got a CT Scan for “acid reflux”. Do you think Medicaid or ObamaCare bronze plans cover a CT scan for acid reflux?
It makes me wonder if his years of smoking have caught up to him with throat cancer…
Can Satan get cancer?
I thought he WAS a cancer and continues to spread.
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The normal procedure is to stick a tube with a camera down your throat for a really close look (voice of experience, here). A CT scan would follow if there was evidence of a growth. Medicare will cover this as will medicaid. I don’t know if Obamacare bronze will, but I don’t qualify and I am opposed to the program, anyway. That’s another topic, however.
Sorry, +1
Illegal alien reflux is the diagnosis.
Illegal alien reflux is not quite as bad as illegal alien Tuberculosis.
I do not find this at all surprising since live cattle brought across the border are also testing positive for TB and so is Mexican cheese. Actually I would be very surprised if there were not cases of TB. That is why LEGAL immigrants have chest x-rays!
(These are notes from 2008 and the links maybe dead.)
The USDA now reports “The number of carcasses found infected with TB is 15 times higher than in 1986.” http://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/16/us/free-trade-accord-ranchers-increased-trade-mexican-cattle-brings-rise-disease-us.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm
The video you posted above is absolutely epic Tony.
It was the beginning of modern sci-fi
Just curious but how old do you think children should be before viewing these Alien movies?
I like the Spaceballs version of this even better. “oh no. Not again.” we’ve said that many times in the past 6 years.
Thanks…. I need to learn to embed.
Left out the Oh No, Not again part though.
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=spaceballs%2falien+scene&FORM=VIRE5#view=detail&mid=145719031D3B3D8BBF27145719031D3B3D8BBF27
He had a scope which may have seen something suspicious, hence the CT.
But I don’t have the medical records.
In practice, for acid reflux, you would treat it with dietary modification, smoking and alcohol cessation, meds (e.g. H2-blockers, PPIs), and see if the symptoms (including sore throat) go away.
If not, then scope, then CT if anything looked suspicious.
Betain Hydrochloride works better.
I cut out the carbs and haven’t had a problem with acid reflux for over ten years. One slice of bread after noon will still give me acid reflux by bedtime though.