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I was at first thinking are there bees or insects in outer space. Interesting post and did not know all the things epipen was used to treat. Do you know if they, Pfizer ever stopped their law suits and price wars over epipen(wiki)? Think the patent expires in 2025 per think it was quoted from wiki. epinephrine (Adrenaline) what an amazing drug. I’ve always wondered if people got mad and angry over a bee sting would enough adrenaline be released to save them? Degrades in outer space.
“a medical device for injecting a measured dose or doses of epinephrine (adrenaline) by means of autoinjector technology” wiki
”Anaphylaxis
Common causes include allergies to insect bites and stings, allergies to foods– including nuts, milk, fish, shellfish, eggs and some fresh fruits or dried fruits; allergies to sulfites – a class of food preservatives and a byproduct in some fermented foods like vinegar; allergies to medications – including some antibiotics and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like aspirin; allergy to general anaesthetic (used to make people sleep during surgery); allergy to contrast agents – dyes used in some medical tests to help certain areas of the body show up better on scans; allergy to latex – a type of rubber found in some rubber gloves and condoms.[6][1] Other causes can include physical exercise, and cases may also occur in some people due to escalating reactions to simple throat irritation or may also occur without an obvious reason.[6][1] The mechanism involves the release of inflammatory mediators in a rapidly escalating cascade from certain types of white blood cells triggered by either immunologic or non-immunologic mechanisms.[7]Diagnosis is based on the presenting symptoms and signs after exposure to a potential allergen or irritant and in some cases, reaction to physical exercise.[6][1]
The primary treatment of anaphylaxis is epinephrine injection into a muscle, intravenous fluids, then placing the person "in a reclining position with feet elevated to help restore normal blood flow".[1][8] Additional doses of epinephrine may be required.[1] Other measures, such as antihistamines and steroids, are complementary.[1] Carrying an epinephrine autoinjector, commonly called an "epipen" and identification regarding the condition is recommended in people with a history of anaphylaxis.[1] Immediately contacting ambulance / EMT services is always strongly recommended, regardless of any on site treatment.[6]” wiki
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Questions:
1) Is the epinephrine affected by all radiation or just the high energy stuff? There's a huge difference, (huge being an understatement) between general space radiation and the high energy cosmic rays. General radiation mostly consists of gamma and xray stuff, some short UV in there, things like that. It's all just photons.. But there's another kind of radiation that is far more difficult to shield against, and far more damaging. Cosmic Rays are physical particles.. little bullets, protons and electrons traveling at relativistic speeds, and that stuff can damage things much easier than normal radiation. Cosmic rays also produce other particles when they collide with things.
2) Are other drugs affected in the same way? Or are hormones especially sensitive to this type of thing?
3) If the epi pens were that easily affected, no amount of shielding is going to do them any good. We don't have time or concentration data on their exposure, but as a general idea, it takes 12 inches of concrete to cut gamma in half. That is to say, whatever amount of gamma radiation exposure is present, it takes 12 inches of concrete to halve it. Or about 3 inches of steel, an inch of lead, etc.
1) Is the epinephrine affected by all radiation or just the high energy stuff? There's a huge difference, (huge being an understatement) between general space radiation and the high energy cosmic rays. General radiation mostly consists of gamma and xray stuff, some short UV in there, things like that. It's all just photons.. But there's another kind of radiation that is far more difficult to shield against, and far more damaging. Cosmic Rays are physical particles.. little bullets, protons and electrons traveling at relativistic speeds, and that stuff can damage things much easier than normal radiation. Cosmic rays also produce other particles when they collide with things.
2) Are other drugs affected in the same way? Or are hormones especially sensitive to this type of thing?
3) If the epi pens were that easily affected, no amount of shielding is going to do them any good. We don't have time or concentration data on their exposure, but as a general idea, it takes 12 inches of concrete to cut gamma in half. That is to say, whatever amount of gamma radiation exposure is present, it takes 12 inches of concrete to halve it. Or about 3 inches of steel, an inch of lead, etc.
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Works in theory! Practice? That's something else
| For over a decade, people in Southern California have been getting sick (and in some cases dying) after coming into contact with a fungus called Cryptococcus gattii. But for years, the scientists who study C. gattii weren't able to determine exactly where people were meeting up with this deadly fungus, according to a recent report by NPR. Enter Elan Filler, a seventh-grader in search of a cool science fair project. Her father, an infectious disease specialist, recommended she take up the challenge of finding out where C. gattii was hiding out. Filler started investigating and ultimately identified at least three trees infected with the fungus in the greater Los Angeles area. She shared her discovery with researchers at Duke University in North Carolina. Her findings were part of a study published Aug. 21, 2014, in the journal PLOS Pathogens. |
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Matthew Berger, PaleoarchaeologyImagine your nine-year-old wandering away during summer vacation and discovering the bones of an unknown human ancestor.That's what happened to Matther Berger when he discovered Australopithecus sediba. | 
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Corian Evans, HeroCorion Evans, 16, jumped into the river around 2:30 a.m. Sunday after he saw a car drive off the I-10 boat launch. The driver of the vehicle said she was following her GPS and did not realize she was headed for the water’s edge, according to a Moss Point Police Department news release Wednesday.Moss Point police officer Gary Mercer was called to the scene and said Evans was already in the water when he arrived. Mercer said he jumped into the river and began assisting one of the teenagers before she panicked and caused him to go underwater. Evans then helped Mercer and the teenager reach the shore. More | 
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