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Sudden confusion and fatigue

Hi, my friend had something come on suddenly. We were hanging out having a good time, but then all of the sudden in the middle of our conversation, she felt like nothing was real. She described it as her eyes are kind of like looking up but really shes looking straight. she was still energetic when she was describing it, but quickly lost energy and became fatigued. She says everything feels physically laborious, like when she reached to grab something off the shelf by my bed. Shes also showing a little confusion, and not making a lot of sense. Talking slowly because shes fatigued. No more energy. She says she can physically read, but what she reads cant necessarily be processed. Now as im writing this I turned off my light for her, and now she says she feels better but not completely. Thoughts? Its been about 30 minutes. I gave her Tylenol and a gatorade. She drank some water today but not a whole lot. Eating regularly

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u/AgreeableNeat249 — 9 days ago
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WHO recommends zinc for sick kids. Not many supplements can say that.

Zinc sits on the shelf next to every other immune product, and it gets treated the same way. It shouldn't be.Immune cells can't work without it. Neutrophils, NK cells, T cells, B cells all need zinc. In deficiency the thymus where T cells are made actually shrinks. And mild shortfall is enough to weaken the response.It's been tested in kids. A Cochrane review of 6 trials and 5,193 children found zinc cut pneumonia by 13%, and 21% in the trials that confirmed it by X-ray.

WHO recommends it directly — 10–20 mg a day for 10–14 days for a child with diarrhoea. Very few supplements have a WHO recommendation for children.

For colds, started early, about two days shorter.

The effect is biggest where intake was already short, which is just what a nutrient does. It fills a gap, it's not a drug.

Anyone actually tracking zinc intake, or just assuming food covers it?

Sources

u/AnastasiaGlover1 — 12 days ago