Ad Hoc DX for Arafat
 

Based on scant relaible information and visual cues, what would your initial dx be?

I have noted:
- rapid weight loss
- thrush (visible in recent pictures)
- Encephalitis
- low-platlate count
- immune shut down

HIV/AIDS - if you believe than cancer is ruled out, this might be a logical presumptive jump in conclusion? Suuportive symptomology for a palliative patient?

Previous surgical history would also support this theory re: blood transfusions.

I might be way off, but Arafat's most recent pics certainly are similiar to what you see when caring for pallitive AIDS patients.

I am NOT suggesting a conspiracy, "Arafat was gay," jump in logic, merely noting that the symptoms are very similar to non-cancerous, but familiar progression of immune defiencies and symptoms.

Thoughts?

Poisoning, or possibly radiation sickness.

TR

Karma.

I had a Doctor last week say the exact same thing.

He sounds septic to me. Possibly ARDs, and multi organ failure. Too bad he is not awake and alert of his painful status. And impending date with satan.

Those are two of the possibilities that are being discussed re:Yushchenko. Or bad sushi.

http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/eu....ap/index.html

His face looks like the time Bart and Homer Simpson had oatmeal placed on them to fake leprosy. WTH happened to that guy? His skin is yellow. Something to do with his liver?

Wow....

Dioxin poisoning.

http://apnews.myway.com//article/200...D86TGIKG0.html