Posted on 05/29/2020 6:38:36 AM PDT by foreverfree
Thousands of Netherlands residents who recovered from Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, may be left with permanent damage to their lungs, resulting in decreased capacity and more difficulty absorbing oxygen, Leon van den Toorn, pulmonologist chairman of the Dutch association of physicians for pulmonary disease and tuberculosis NVALT, said to newspaper AD.
Many people underestimate the consequences of the coronavirus Van den Toorn said to the newspaper. The virus and the body's response to it can cause permanent damage to the lungs, he said. "In severe cases, a kind of scar formation occurs, we call this lung fibrosis. The lungs shrink and the lung tissue becomes stiffer, making it harder to get enough oxygen."
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What? A whole excerpt and they didn’t blame Trump?
I wonder if this study excluded those who are regular pot smokers, or even smokers in general?
Why does he say “may”, either it will or it won’t. A lot of predicted things “may” happen or may not!
Destructive alveolar disease is the relatively new medical term to describe the probably permanent lung damage that is the residual of this terrible disease. Survivors have scarred lungs and diminished pulmonary capacity. Long term studies will demonstrate how vulnerable they may or may not be to further infections, decline and whether their mortality rate will increase compared to age controlled non infected persons. You simply don’t want to get this disease even if you are young and likely to recover. Hopefully there will soon be an effective vaccine.
the pulmonary scaring are signs not symptoms.
this Atrocity by Wuhan, Xi, Gates, Soros, FauXi and
the C-Dookhan-C is serious, and we know only
3 months info on a disease which is now in the
human DNA forever. Didn’t have to be there, did it?
I was reading about this potential for lung damage back in February. This isn’t a revelation. It’s just starting to become more measurable. The question is, how prevalent is it. The mechanism for this has been known, as well as the separate but related process of the cytokine storm, which is usually results in the catastrophic decline in pulmonary function.
If it wasn’t for the possibility of permanent lung damage, I probably would scoff at covid19 and would have contracted it by now. I believe strongly that I am more than healthy enough to survive it. The big wildcard is how much lasting damage it does. It’s not the common cold
Well they should Sue the Chinese Communist Party
the full panorama of devastation is not clear.
e.g. the release of Fe++ from hemoglobin yields not just
hypoxia but a free radical storm with tissue destruction
that is new to most clinicians, and horrible for the victim.
Nattokinase, lumbrokinase, and serrapeptase supplements might be able to help some with addressing scarring aspects.
Yes. This concern has popped up fairly regularly for the past few months. I can't tell if anything is really "there". Does every survivor have the damage? If not, why not? How much can this be measured? It seems like a concern that has been floating around but not necessarily substantiated as a proven problem.
Do we need to prepare to deal with a lot of survivors who are very impaired? I can't tell.
“Clinical and experimental observations suggest that chronic lung disease is linked to respiratory viral infection.“
Influenza A Virus Infection Causes Chronic Lung Disease Linked to Sites of Active Viral RNA Remnants
https://www.jimmunol.org/content/201/8/2354
We’re called FluBros, not ColdBros.
“I wonder if this study excluded those who are regular pot smokers, or even smokers in general?”
Hah! That was my first thought as well.
“... patients LIKELY have ling damage”
LIKELY. MAY. These fear reports throw in a lot of wiggle room and weasel words.
I guess no illness pre-WuFlu EVER impacted lungs permanently. Hubby and I picked up a bad case of pneumonia at church (we believe) in 2014. Since then, our lungs have been weak. Lung damage in 2014 - no big deal. Lung damage in early 2020 - fashionable and a political weapon.
The disease is not always pleasant even for the 99% who do not croak.
I’ve had “Just the Flu, Bro”, but never lung damage from it. Perhaps this “Just the Flu, Bro” is a bit different?
“May be,” “likely,” etc.
Read post 12. The flu can also cause permanent lung damage.
We’re called FluBros, not ColdBros.
more like Covidiots.
You’re the Covidiot I’m afraid. A true believer though, I’ll give you that.
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