Do you think it would be possible to cure an infected person?

[Gvazdas]

Hey guys, so I've recently thought about this.
What if you were actually able to stop an infection if you were to act fast and had the proper medical supplies?
Now, I did not study medicine, but here's what I understand:
1. After someone was bitten by an infected zombie, the zombie sinks their teeth in a victim's skin, causing a wound and bacteria from their mouth and saliva to get into the wound.
2. Infection is never instant in a real-life situation. If you have, say, experience in medicine, have the proper medical supplies and perhaps even a doctor near you, a real-life infection could be cured almost instantly.
Now, if you were infected and had so much experience and expertise in medicine, and acted fast, do you think you'd be able to cure your infection?
As soon as you get bitten and kill the zombie, you clean your wound with a medicinal towel, then pour a lot of peroxide on the wound, clean it again and swallow some anti-bacterial pills (I'm not sure those exist) and do whatever you can with the medicine you have to get cured.
So, what do you think? Vote in the poll and then post your opinion.

[RoboSheriff]

ni haven't read the comics so im really ignorant of the story/infection in TWD. But i'd say the infection will eventually dissappear like the "flu pandemic" in the 18's

[thestalkinghead]

if you cut off the limb that was bitten and you survive that may stop the infection, but you would still be potential a zombie, everybody is infected

[Gvazdas]

Originally Posted by thestalkinghead

if you cut off the limb that was bitten and you survive that may stop the infection, but you would still be potential a zombie, everybody is infected

You're only a zombie if you've been infected through a bite or have died.

[darham175]

Originally Posted by Gvazdas

You're only a zombie if you've been infected through a bite or have died.

Exactly, once you die whether bitten or not you turn into a zombie. TWD has so far not revealed how it started so for all we know the "virus" is airborne.

[Gvazdas]

Originally Posted by darham175

Exactly, once you die whether bitten or not you turn into a zombie. TWD has so far not revealed how it started so for all we know the "virus" is airborne.

Well, the only logical explanation is it is. It doesn't make sense if a person turns into a zombie AFTER infection, though. If he is infected, why won't he get infected immediately? Does he need a stimulus such as dying blood cells or other fully infected bacteria?

[thestalkinghead]

Everybody is infected, if you die (zombie kill or not) you will become a zombie.

its the walking dead rules

[darham175]

It could be that the breakdown of cells upon death creates some sort of enzyme or something that acts as a catalyst for the virus in it's take over of the "host".

[Gvazdas]

Originally Posted by thestalkinghead

Everybody is infected, if you die (zombie kill or not) you will become a zombie.

its the walking dead rules

It is, the question was if you could save a person that was BITTEN and not dead yet.

[Rock114]

Maybe the virus is something that was always inside people, but one day something made it go active upon death? That could be what started the apocalypse. And the walkers biting you could maybe transfer some more of that stuff into your body, which speeds up the activation of the "Dead-germ" or whatever it is, and begins turning you into a walker without having to wait for death?

But I think the only way to stop this infection is by amputating the limb(s) that were bitten, and very quickly at that. Once the virus takes over, and you die and come back as a zombie, there can be no cure because you're already dead.

[Gvazdas]

Originally Posted by Rock114

Maybe the virus is something that was always inside people, but one day something made it go active upon death? That could be what started the apocalypse. And the walkers biting you could maybe transfer some more of that stuff into your body, which speeds up the activation of the "Dead-germ" or whatever it is, and begins turning you into a walker without having to wait for death?

But I think the only way to stop this infection is by amputating the limb(s) that were bitten, and very quickly at that. Once the virus takes over, and you die and come back as a zombie, there can be no cure because you're already dead.

Technically, the germ (bacteria) could be cured by peroxide or other healing aids that kill any kind of bacteria. So amputation wouldn't be necessary if healed quick enough.

[Rock114]

Originally Posted by Gvazdas

Technically, the germ (bacteria) could be cured by peroxide or other healing aids that kill any kind of bacteria. So amputation wouldn't be necessary if healed quick enough.

It would be nice to think that, and it actually makes sense I guess. I'm not a medical person, so all I know of this is what I've read in the comics. There, the only cure was a quick amputation. If it were possible to save someone from a bite EP3 would have been actually bearable

[Bashtee]

It is, the question was if you could save a person that was BITTEN and not dead yet.

It's not about medical supplies, but if you can cut of the bitten part fast enough. If I'm not completly wrong, there was such a thing in the comics. It might have been Dale, but I'm not 100% sure about it.

Also:

MAJOR SPOILER

There was someone jumping down, broke his leg, turned. Might happen to Omid.

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

[Gvazdas]

Originally Posted by Rock114

It would be nice to think that, and it actually makes sense I guess. I'm not a medical person, so all I know of this is what I've read in the comics. There, the only cure was a quick amputation. If it were possible to save someone from a bite EP3 would have been actually bearable

Yes. It would be actually really awesome if Clementine had this and she could be cured. Maybe she gets infected but meets a doctor and gets treated immediately?

[Gvazdas]

Originally Posted by Bashtee

It's not about medical supplies, but if you can cut of the bitten part fast enough.

No, no, you're not understanding me. Read my previous posts again if you can.
The infected bacteria can be neutralized and killed with certain meds (such as peroxide, I have had a huge wound on my leg which could have been infected but I treated it asap with a bottle of peroxide and medicinal cloth.

[bazenji]

Everyone's infected. Zombie bites are gross and nasty and can cause completely unrelated infections. Human mouths are already really disgusting petri dishes of grossness, more than a lot of other mammals like dogs (no matter how often you brush your teeth, you're just that gross).

So dying causes you to rise from the dead as a zombie.

And bites cause blood infections and kill you unless you can stop the infection from spreading. But no one really has antibiotics in the apocalypse, so that's why you might as well cut off the limb.

[greenj2]

Reminds me of the film 'Day of the Dead' (2008). Dude gets a small zombie bite on the hand and right away another survivor pours industrial-strength bleach all over it. Dude still ends up turning through, must be some crazy type of infection.

The only thing I've ever seen stop a bite from turning the victim is a speedy amputation.

[Bcroft]

if it was like resident evil zombies then yes (anti virus), I havn't read the comics for TWD so I don't know the story past season 2 of the show but I wouldn't think so, should be that when it hits your blood stream It's game over

[Kiel555]

Originally Posted by Gvazdas

Hey guys, so I've recently thought about this.
What if you were actually able to stop an infection if you were to act fast and had the proper medical supplies?
Now, I did not study medicine, but here's what I understand:
1. After someone was bitten by an infected zombie, the zombie sinks their teeth in a victim's skin, causing a wound and bacteria from their mouth and saliva to get into the wound.
2. Infection is never instant in a real-life situation. If you have, say, experience in medicine, have the proper medical supplies and perhaps even a doctor near you, a real-life infection could be cured almost instantly.
Now, if you were infected and had so much experience and expertise in medicine, and acted fast, do you think you'd be able to cure your infection?
As soon as you get bitten and kill the zombie, you clean your wound with a medicinal towel, then pour a lot of peroxide on the wound, clean it again and swallow some anti-bacterial pills (I'm not sure those exist) and do whatever you can with the medicine you have to get cured.
So, what do you think? Vote in the poll and then post your opinion.

I think all that is a good idea but will not make any difference. At best, maybe, and I mean maybe, the infection rate will be slowed down a small amount. The best medicine in what Morgan said "don't you get bit!".

[thestalkinghead]

no amount of disinfectant pored onto a zombie bite will kill all the virus, there would be thousands of the virus cells just hanging out under the thousands of dead cells, its why antibiotics are important