This is Peking University in China, a place those dreams of
freedom and democracy. However, a young, 21-year old student has
become very sick and is dying. The illness is very rare. Though they
have tried, doctors at the best hospitals in Beijing cannot cure her;
may do not even know what illness it is. So now we are asking the
world -- can somebody help us?
Here is a description of the illness:
The young woman -- her name is Zhu Ling -- is a student in the
chemistry department. On DEC. 5, 1994, Zhu Ling felt sick to her
stomach. Three days later, her hair began to fall out and within two
days she was completely bald. She entered the hospital, but doctors
could not discover the season for her illness. However, after she was
in the hospital for a month, she began to fell better and her hair
grew back. Zhu Ling went back to school in February, but in March her
legs began to ache severely, and she felt dizzy. She entered XieHe
Hospital - Chinese most famous hospital. In early March and on March 15,
her symptoms worsened. She Began to facial paralysis, central muscle
of eye's paralysis, self-controlled respiration disappeared. So she
was put on a respirator.
The doctors did many tests for many diseases(include anti-H2V,
spinal cord puncture, NMR, immune system, chemical drug intoxication
ANA,ENA,DSONA,ZG and Lyme), but all were negative, except for Lyme
disease(ZGM(+)).
The doctors now think that it might be acute disseminated
encephalomyelitis(ADEM) or lupus erythematosus(LE), but the data from
the tests do not support this conclusion.
The doctors are now treating Zhu Ling with broad-spectrum
antibiotic of cephalosporin, anti-virus drug, hormone, immun-oadjuvent,
gamma globulin intravenous injection and have given her plasma
exchange(PE) of 10,000 CCs. But Zhu Ling has not responded -- she
reamers in a vegetative state, sustained by life support.
If anyone has heard of patients with similar symptoms -- or
have any ideas as to what this illness could be, please contact us. We
are Zhu Ling's friends and we are disparate to help her.
This is the first time that Chinese try to find help from
Internet, please send back E-mail to us. We will send more crystal
description of her illness to you.
Thank you very much
Peking University
April 10th, 1995
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The question from china
This article submitted by Bei ZhiCheng on 6/16/96.
Author's Email: beizch@public.bta.net.cn
Dear sir:
I am a student in Peking University China, a place that deams of
freedom and demacracy. Since our leeder (Deng Xiao Ping) has got
parkinsonism for long time. He can not moving and talking now, so
anyone can tell me how long can he be alive?
Thank you very much!
Bei ZhiCheng
