Joined: 22 Oct 2003 Posts: 1 Location: Ontario, Canada
Malignant Hyperthermia Posted: 10-22-03 12:39pm
I'm interested in research on "malignant
hyperthermia" - is there an existing
forum, or can one be created for others
with the same interest?
This is a rather rare (i understand that
approximately 1 in 2,000 have it), but
very serious inhereted medical condition.
If someone is mh positive and doesn't know
it, they could have a severe reaction to
certain types of anastesia used during
surgery which causes the body temperature
to rise rapidly, leading to death within a
matter of minutes unless an antedote
and/or ice blankets are available and used
immediately - however, if the person
doesn't know they are mh positive then the
surgeon won't have the antedote and/or ice
blankets made available during the surgery
- and the only way to know if you are mh
positive is by knowing if it is in your
family history, or having a muscle biopsy
to test for it, or lastly by being lucky
enough to survive an mh episode during a
previous surgery.
If a forum isn't appropriate or desireous,
does anyone know of any existing websites
that may be devoted to or include coverage
of malignant hyperthermia research?
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hopeful1
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Jun 2004 Posts: 1 Location: Alabama
Mh Forum Posted: 06-20-04 19:03pm
There is an entire forum dedicated to
anything and everything about this topic
on the us malignant hyperthermia website.
