[QUOTE]Large areas of northern Uganda are experiencing an outbreak of nodding syndrome, a mysterious disease that causes young children and adolescents to nod violently when they eat food. The disease, which may be an unusual form of epilepsy, could be linked to the parasitic worm responsible for [URL="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2016-river-blindness-breakthrough-offers-new-hope.html"]river blindness[/URL], a condition that affects some 18 million people, most of them in Africa.The current outbreaks are concentrated in the districts of Kitgum, Pader and Gulu. In Pader alone, 66 children and teenagers have died. More than 1000 cases were diagnosed between August and mid-December.
[URL="http://eol.org/pages/2925032/overview"][I]Onchocerca volvulus[/I][/URL][I], a nematode worm that causes river blindness, is known to infest all three affected districts. Nearly all the children with nodding syndrome are thought to live near permanent rivers, another hint of a[URL="http://www.nature.com/nrneurol/journal/v4/n9/full/ncpneuro0876.html"]connection with river blindness[/URL].[/I]
[I]The link is not clear cut, though. "We know that [[I]Onchocerca volvulus] is involved in some way, but it is a little puzzling because [the worm] is fairly common in areas that do not have nodding disease," says [URL="http://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/leadership/dowell.htm"]Scott Dowell[/URL], who researches paediatric infectious diseases and is lead investigator into nodding syndrome with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.[/I][/I]
[I][I]There is no known cure for nodding syndrome, so Uganda's Ministry of Health has begun using anticonvulsants such as [URL="http://www.medicines.org.uk/guides/sodium valproate"]sodium valproate[/URL] to treat its signs and symptoms. Meanwhile the disease is continuing to spread, say Janet Oola, Pader's health officer, and Sam William Oyet, the district's medical entomology officer.[/I][/I]
[I][I]It has now reached the Ugandan district of Yumbe, which borders the Republic of South Sudan – and cases have also been reported in the southern region of the world's newest country. Since gaining independence from the rest of Sudan in July, South Sudan has remained on track to [URL="http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2011/07/debora-mackenzie-it-isnt-often.html"]eradicate one of humanity's oldest diseases[/URL] – guinea worm. It is unclear, though, whetherforeign aid for the new country could help prevent the spread of nodding syndrome[/I][/I][/QUOTE]
Source: [URL]http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21316-mysterious-nodding-syndrome-spreading-through-uganda.html[/URL]
I can't even think about a pun here.
I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end if someone was eating my poo poo.
My Pun-O-Meter just exploded with the sheer amount of punnage this entails
That's the power of heavy metal!
:rock:
I hope it doesn't cause them to nod off permanently
66 dead kids, and the only responses are about puns.
i wouldn't quit your day jobs guys, i'm pretty sure your comedy careers aren't going to take off anytime soon.
[QUOTE=thisispain;33902152]66 dead kids, and the only responses are about puns.
i wouldn't quit your day jobs guys, i'm pretty sure your comedy careers aren't going to take off anytime soon.[/QUOTE]
I was just going to say the same thing. This is a nod in the right direction.
nod ya head
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RVRCd6J2NA[/media]
(all video participants clearly infected)
would you like some more salt? just keep nodding until its enough.
[QUOTE=Fetret;33902216]I was just going to say the same thing. This is a nod in the right direction.[/QUOTE]
I just fucking died
Finally, a way to get the wife to give me a blowjob.
I'm nodding my head in disbelief at this story.
I'm sure if it was a Cat facepunch would be flipping out. Typical
I'm noticing this in Australia except they are always behind politicians and they seem to nod at every single sentence they say, it's spreading..
[QUOTE=doommarine23;33902815]I'm sure if it was a Cat facepunch would be flipping out. Typical[/QUOTE]
lol I like how this has become a running joke now.
Unless you're serious about this... then you're just fucking dumb and need to get over yourself.
[QUOTE=FlakAttack;33902920]lol I like how this has become a running joke now.
Unless you're serious about this... then you're just fucking dumb and need to get over yourself.[/QUOTE]
I think everyone posting shitty puns are also fucking dumb and need to get over themselves. Cause seizuring which kills you is so funny. I'll leave what I think as a thinking exercise to you. But considering your first course of action is to ad hominem, good job.
[QUOTE=fruxodaily;33902837]I'm noticing this in Australia except they are always behind politicians and they seem to nod at every single sentence they say, it's spreading..[/QUOTE]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WezKfQp27tE[/media]
[QUOTE=doommarine23;33902975]I think everyone posting shitty puns are also fucking dumb and need to get over themselves. Cause seizuring which kills you is so funny. I'll leave what I think as a thinking exercise to you. But considering your first course of action is to ad hominem, good job.[/QUOTE]
Do you understand what black humour is?
[QUOTE=Source;33903541][img]http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/xx11/juicycoins/m7b049.gif[/img][/QUOTE]
I'm such a bastard for finding this funny.
[QUOTE=Headhumpy;33903146]Yeah, okay, apparently 66 children dying of seizures is funny.
:rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
well [b]nod[/b] a lot can be done about it, so why not make a joke out of it?
