MY WIFE WAS DIAGONISED WITH ADULT ONSET SCA AT AGE 69. ALL ALONG SHE HAD GOOD HEALTH , VERY ENERGETIC , REGULAR BLOOD TESTS SHOWING ALL PARAMETERS AT NORMAL LEVELS, ALTHOUGH DUE TO HER BELIEF IN VARIOUS RELIGIOUS RITUALS SHE WAS OBSERVING FAST FOR AROUND THREE DAYS PER WEEK . AFTER SCA EXCEPT INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT WHILE WALKING , SHE WAS OTHERWISE FINE WITH REGULAR PHYSIOTHERAPY EXERCISES TWICE A DAY. AFTER ABOUT SIX MONTHS SHE GOT FEVER AND HER BLOOD , URINE TESTS REVEALED LOW HOMEOGLOBIN , BLOOD OXYGEN AND UTI AFFECTING CRETANINE ALSO. DESPITE ADMINISTERING ANTIBIOTICS , SHE SUDDENLY HAD DIFFICULTY IN BREATHING AND WAS ADMITTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL BUT HOPING FOR BETTER TREATMENT WE SHIFTED HER TO AKASH HOSPITAL DWARKA NEW DELHI ON 6TH OCTOBER . FROM EMERGENCY SHE WAS MOVED TO ICU . ON 11TH SHE WAS DETECTED WITH HOSPITAL ICU ACQUIRED BACTERIAL INFECTION , AND SEPSIS . WITH EACH PASSING DAY HER CONDITION DETERIOIRATED , LOW OXYGEN LEVELS AND LOW BP AND WAS PUT ON VENTILATOR SUPPORT WITH DAILY DIALYSIS DUE TO KIDNEY FAILURE . THEN WE WERE INFORMED THAT HER LIVER HAD ALSO BEEN IMPACTED AND FINALLY MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE . SHE BREATHED HER LAST ON 26TH OCTOBER . WAS ALL THIS DUE TO HOSPITAL ICU ACUIRED BACTERIAL INFECTION , POOR ICU PROTOCOL ???
Ans: We always look at the effect leaving the cause.
Cause is impaired immune system
We cannot blame it on the bug alone