Posted on 02/09/2020 1:03:57 PM PST by BenLurkin
The coronavirus can last a while before the downturn from what I’ve read. A case in point is the whistleblower Dr. Li Wenliang. He started having mild symptoms on Jan 10, tested negative several times, finally tested positive on Jan 20, and died on Feb 6.
He was only 34
Hopefully, allowed to quote the article...
“But for other patients, new treatments can calm the storm and bring remarkable recoveries. Cron and Behrens “both got interested in this through a patient we saw in Pennsylvania,” Cron said. “Probably the sickest patient I ever saw come out of the ICU unscathed.” The doctors treated her with anakinra, a cytokine-targeting therapy that was approved to treat the autoimmune disease rheumatoid arthritis. “She turned around and it was magical,” Cron recalled. “We’re both research scientists, so he developed a mouse model [of cytokine storm syndrome] and I’ve been studying the genetic and human aspects. We’ve identified new genes not previously described as a part of this genetic workup.”
In 2016, Cron and Winn Chatham, M.D., professor in the Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, began a clinical trial at UAB and Children’s Hospital to study the safety of anakinra in patients with signs of severe, potentially life-threatening inflammation. Cron is director of the Division of Pediatric Rheumatology at Children’s of Alabama. Anakinra is “remarkably safe,” and following this initial study, the researchers hope to begin a larger trial in the future”.
From here;
https://www.newswise.com/articles/here-s-a-playbook-for-stopping-deadly-cytokine-storm-syndrome
That’s why older people are vaccinated against flu. Their prospect of recovery are lower than for younger people.
cytokene storms not very treatable; mixed results with NAC and steroiods; however the following works, but probably would be available only to the super-rich elite at this point:
Oh f***. This is really bad
..”A storm of inflammations”..
Horrible.
its called a cytokine storm. Young heathy immune systems are especially vulnerable, as in 1918.
This is why I brought a bottle of Benadryl tablets with me.
I had a flu/allergy bout last week in Northern Laos, just south of the China border. When my lungs started filling up I drank lots of hot coffee and took Benadryl. It saved me from pneumonia.
For a day I felt like my head was going to explode, but my chest cleared up real fast.
Benadryl will clear your lungs?
I think it was Rummy Chick who had something like this happen to a family member
The 1918 Spanish Flu did the same thing.
Um, not nearly enough, and it has the disadvantage of leaving the patient open to other infections.
“SARS caused cytokine storm as well”
Cytosorbents Corp. (New Jersey based) makes a small filter cartridge which plugs into a dialysis machine. It’s essentially a blood filter and is approved for use in much of Europe to control Cytokine storm during Open Heart surgery. One cartridge will filter for about eight hours if I recall correctly.
There is potentially numerous applications including sepsis which if effective would save the lives of an incredible amount of people. It’s a slow slog to get through the FDA process in the States and the current FDA testing is for reducing the severity of acute kidney injury, not Cytokine storm.
Meantime someone needs to get on the horn with them stat and get pallets of these filters on order.
Good to know.
I imagine these filters are made in China :(
systemic inflammatory response syndrome called "cytokine storm"
Batten down the nostrils, it's going to be quite a blow!
Maybe 'the storm' doesn't happen until the second or third time a person is infected... this IS a weapon after all...
whoops, sorry, that was yours. [blush]
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