[Kazan]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=1&u=/ap/20041211/ap_on_re_eu/yushchenko_health


it was rather obvious


Before:



After

[Knight Templar]

Indeed.

[Jetmech Jr.]

Well, now we know what the poison was...

[.::Tin Can::.]

Wow... that really sucks to be him.

[kode]

so, he gets poisoned and suddenly looks like actor/director Peter Dalle

[redmenace]

Old news, but tragic. it looks like he has an alergic reaction.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by redmenace
Old news, but tragic. it looks like he has an alergic reaction.

The hospital announced it was diagnosed as the result of dioxin poisoning.  So unless you're working in the Rudolfinerhaus clinic, I'd say you're wrong.

[Rictor]

Originally posted by kode
so, he gets poisoned and suddenly looks like actor/director Peter Dalle

wow, the resembelance is uncanny.

[kode]

Originally posted by aldo_14


The hospital announced it was diagnosed as the result of dioxin poisoning.  So unless you're working in the Rudolfinerhaus clinic, I'd say you're wrong.

poisoning and allergic reactions are pretty much the same. allergens are like poison to allergics

[aldo_14]

Reactions, yes.  But an allergic reaction happens in susceptible people in response to some normal stimulus, poisoning happens when any person ingests a substance which causes harm.  

Besides which, the announcement stated he had something like 1000 times the normal level of dioxin (a known carcinogen, one of the first actions of which is chloroacne, hence the skin damage); and that it was a single large dose.

[Carl]

Originally posted by Kazan

wow. that looks pretty bad. now that they know what it is, will that help them figure out what to do about it?

[Rictor]

Well, alright, poor guy. I do sympathise. But being poisoned does not make him any better or worse a candidate for the presidency, it only makes the other guy a total prick. Specifically, I he think he would make a better Prez, though not the white knight that the media makes him out to be.

Remember, he too in an oligarch (some would argue ex-oligarch), and his support (I don't mean the populist take to the streets kind of support, I mean the kind that matters - financial support) comes from energy giants and neo-libs who pillaged state assets after the fall of communism.

[Ford Prefect]

Is that damage permanent?

[ChronoReverse]

Fairly, it takes a long time to for the body to break down and get rid of dioxin.  Futhermore, it's a carcinogen so it's not good that he had over 1000X the normal amount in his system.  I hear he's been undergoing blood transfusions, but his organs are still swollen (whatever that means).

[Carl]

it means they're big and puffy and red.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Ford Prefect
Is that damage permanent?

IIRC they say it'll take around 2 years for the chloroacne to clear up on the bbc news article.

[karajorma]

Not to mention the fact that it's almost certain he'll die of cancer (unless something else gets him fairly quickly).

Dioxin is the chemical responsible for the birth defects and cancer clusters associated with the US's use of Agent Orange in Vietnam.

[Corsair]

Yeah, Aldo's right. The BBC says it'll take two years for his skin to return to normal. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4089905.stm

[redmenace]

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=322922
If the KGB wanted to kill him I think they would have been a little more successful. What do you think?

[Gank]

The KGB/FSB is notorious for poison, you'd think they'd pick one that would actually kill the man though.