![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/dad-fighting-for-life-on-ventilator-after-being-struck-down-by-mystery-bug-in-philippines/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1_Armando.jpg&description=Armando Ramos, 53, had visited Manilla from his home in Chula Vista, San Diego, following the death of his mother, before being struck down and rushed to hospital with a mystery illness A father is fighting for his life on a ventilator after being struck down by a mystery bug in the Philippines. Armando Ramos, 53, had visited Manilla from his home in Chula Vista, San Diego, following the death of his mother. Ramos, father to three daughters, spent the first few days making funeral arrangements and organising a service for his late mother. However, the software engineer was struck down by flu-like symptoms, including a sore throat and fatigue. Five days after first falling unwell, Ramos was rushed to hospital when he started suffering chest pains and had difficulty breathing. A screen grab shows a video call with his three daughters a day after being admitted before his condition worsened. Initially diagnosed with pneumonia, Ramos was intubated and placed on a ventilator within days. For all the latest on news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US Ramos' condition continued to deteriorate, leading to a collapsed lung and inflammation of the brain. Medics said his kidneys had also started to fail and abnormalities were showing on his heart and liver. He had tested negative for Covid and the flu and had no underlying conditions, leaving his worried family in a desperate waiting game. His daughter Emma said: "Every day I wake up, it's anxiety-ridden. Right now it's a mystery … every day, we still don't know what's happening to him." His other daughter, A.J Gaines-Ramos added: "We feel helpless. It's a cruel deja vu with the pandemic. Every day, anticipating his state and not knowing, it's scary.' Ramos is reportedly also being tested for meningitis, a condition where an infection causes inflammation of the fluid and membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord which can be caused by a bacterial or viral infection. Doctors say he will likely){kind=link}
Armando Ramos, 53, had visited Manilla from his home in Chula Vista, San Diego, following the death of his mother, before being struck down and rushed to hospital with a mystery illness
A father is fighting for his life on a ventilator after being struck down by a mystery bug in the Philippines.
Armando Ramos, 53, had visited Manilla from his home in Chula Vista, San Diego, following the death of his mother. Ramos, father to three daughters, spent the first few days making funeral arrangements and organising a service for his late mother.
However, the software engineer was struck down by flu-like symptoms, including a sore throat and fatigue. Five days after first falling unwell, Ramos was rushed to hospital when he started suffering chest pains and had difficulty breathing.
A screen grab shows a video call with his three daughters a day after being admitted before his condition worsened. Initially diagnosed with pneumonia, Ramos was intubated and placed on a ventilator within days.