There has been a lot of discussion in the comment section of one of the blogs I read daily on the whole infertility/ deadly pregnancy issue. Since I have a degree in the health field, I keep trying to come up with some semi-scientific ideas for why this could possibly be happening. There is always the chance that it can’t really be explained by scientific means or that I am so wrong that it will be amazing but I am going to try anyways J
Juliet says “The problem occurs somewhere during the second trimester, when the mother’s immune system is triggered. The white blood cell count plummets. It’s like the immune system turns on the fetus”. Leukopenia is the term for a low white blood cell count. It is also important to mention to note that white blood cell is a blanket term for a number of different cells of the immune system each have different and complex functions but they all protect the and rid the body of pathogens just in their own special ways. My first hypothesis is loosely based on the way HIV/AIDS works. HIV is a virus that slowly attacks the white blood cell called T Helper Cells. Without the proper antiviral medications, roughly in about 2 years your T Helper Cell count drops so low (this is when it is full blown AIDS) you can no longer protect yourself against even the simplest things like the common cold. These “opportunistic infections” kill you, not the AIDS itself. From what Juliet described whatever is killing these women acts in a similar manner. Could the pregnancy cause the immune system to decrease so much the “sickness” then ravages the fetus and mother? This only works if the “sickness” what Desmond had. Perhaps instead of the sickness all of the electromagnetic energy ravages the fetus and mother instead. Leukopenia can happen because of chemotherapy or radiation therapy so maybe from electromagnetic energy as well?
Juliet says “The problem occurs somewhere during the second trimester, when the mother’s immune system is triggered. The white blood cell count plummets. It’s like the immune system turns on the fetus”. Leukopenia is the term for a low white blood cell count. It is also important to mention to note that white blood cell is a blanket term for a number of different cells of the immune system each have different and complex functions but they all protect the and rid the body of pathogens just in their own special ways. My first hypothesis is loosely based on the way HIV/AIDS works. HIV is a virus that slowly attacks the white blood cell called T Helper Cells. Without the proper antiviral medications, roughly in about 2 years your T Helper Cell count drops so low (this is when it is full blown AIDS) you can no longer protect yourself against even the simplest things like the common cold. These “opportunistic infections” kill you, not the AIDS itself. From what Juliet described whatever is killing these women acts in a similar manner. Could the pregnancy cause the immune system to decrease so much the “sickness” then ravages the fetus and mother? This only works if the “sickness” what Desmond had. Perhaps instead of the sickness all of the electromagnetic energy ravages the fetus and mother instead. Leukopenia can happen because of chemotherapy or radiation therapy so maybe from electromagnetic energy as well?
This leads me to my next crazy scientific theory of the post. The men on the island have a huge increase in their sperm count than a normal off island male would have. Could the EM energy I spoke about above be in play here too? Perhaps it not only causes the sperm count to increase but it also mutates it. This sperm mutation which continues as it impregnates the woman continues until either the woman is removed from the harmful energy or they die. If this is the case I am curious what would happen now that the hatch imploded and the sky turned purple. Maybe Sun would have been just fine because the fail safe key was turned? Any thoughts?
