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    Doctors See Increase in Dangerous Flu Cases at UIHC

    IOWA CITY, Iowa - Doctors at UIHC are dealing with more dangerous flu cases in recent weeks than normal.

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    ?I had influenza B with pneumonia,? Kent said. ?I almost died.?

    Kent credits Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, or ECMO, for saving her life. It?s a treatment that is normally used to help infants breathe, but in recent years doctors have found a way to treat adults with the technology, Lynch said.

    ?We are getting busier and busier, so we are doing 20 adults or so a year, when five years ago, we weren?t doing any,? said Lynch.

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    "I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much." - Mother Teresa of Calcutta
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