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To: aknahow who wrote (6762)	7/23/1998 2:21:00 AM
From: Bluegreen	Respond to of 17367

This is what Bob was talking about not long ago. George, these are very interesting postulations: An infant absorbing abnormally large quantities of endotoxin from the intestinal tract may be "up to the mouth", almost drowning in endotoxin and yet appear apparently normal until the critical threshold is reached. He is able to handle relatively large amounts of endotoxin within limits as long as his reticuloendothelial system is functioning properly and detoxifying adequately. However, when viruses or other stressing factors interfere with the detoxifying process or actions of the RE system, and/or interfere with the normal defense mechanisms of the digestive system to the extent that tremendously increased amounts of endotoxin are being produced in and absorbed from the digestive tract, he is overwhelmed. The result may be a less acute syndrome manifested by diarrhea and the symptoms associated therewith, or by the peracute form manifested by the Sudden Death Syndrome. In both conditions the mechanisms, are the same - they differ only in degree.