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I haven’t seen anyone say it kills with a cytokine storm — spanish flu did that.
by empath75 7y ago
I haven’t seen anyone say it kills with a cytokine storm — spanish flu did that.
- kiterunner2346 7y agoLancet Article(February 22, 2020): "Reducing mortality from 2019-nCoV: host-directed therapies should be an option" https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30305-6/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6... from the article: "In most moribund patients, 2019-nCoV infection is also associated with a cytokine storm, which is characterised by increased plasma concentrations of interleukins 2, 7, and 10, ..."
- kiterunner2346 7y agoTitle: "Clinical features of patients infected with 2019 novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China" https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30183-5/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6... from the Lancet article: "In view of the high amount of cytokines induced by SARS-CoV,22, 24 MERS-CoV,25, 26 and 2019-nCoV infections, corticosteroids were used frequently for treatment of patients with severe illness, for possible benefit by reducing inflammatory-induced lung injury. However, current evidence in patients with SARS and MERS suggests that receiving corticosteroids did not have an effect on mortality, but rather delayed viral clearance.27, 28, 29 Therefore, corticosteroids should not be routinely given systemically, according to WHO interim guidance."
- fspeech 7y agoLook up ARDS and cytokine storm. Cytokine storm is not specific to pathogen.