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Was about to say this. They advise is to use acetaminophen. It really comes down how covid-19 kills people, whether it is by directly attacking the body, or b
by takeda 7y ago
Was about to say this.
They advise is to use acetaminophen.
It really comes down how covid-19 kills people, whether it is by directly attacking the body, or by triggering cytokine release syndrome (CRS).
In later case, medication that suppresses the immune system would be better, but in former case it could make things worse.
- zozbot234 7y ago> It really comes down how covid-19 kills people, whether it is by directly attacking the body, or by triggering cytokine release syndrome (CRS). It seems to be both. Plausibly at least, CRS may be often involved in damage to the respiratory system, but COVID-19 is not unlike SARS in that severe forms can directly attack other parts of the body. So any treatment based on lowering inflammation or any other part of the immune response will have to be carefully tuned.
- sjg007 7y agoThey think the virus enters the cell via Ace2 receptors. The hypothesis is these drugs increase ace2 receptor expression which makes the cells more likely to get infected. Your lung, heart and kidney cells express this receptor.