“He termed the condition a “storm of inflammations””
SARS caused cytokine storm as well.
ifinnegan wrote: “SARS caused cytokine storm as well.”
So did the Spanish Flu of WWI.
Few die of an overactive immune system. This one is a medical mystery.
“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.