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> Why are they overwhelmingly treating patients with antibiotics in cases of viral pneumonia and not antivirals (Remdesivir)/ chloroquine? My guess is that the
by fileeditview 7y ago
> Why are they overwhelmingly treating patients with antibiotics in cases of viral pneumonia and not antivirals (Remdesivir)/ chloroquine?
My guess is that they try to avoid an additional bacterial super infection with antibiotics. Also these antivirals can be dangerous to (very) old people. I think because of liver malfunctions. But take all I say with a grain of salt.. this is all stuff in the back off my head that I remember vaguely from my father (a doctor).
- dakrisht 7y agoI wonder if intubating these patients is actually killing them. I have ZERO evidence but is there an off chance they’re actually treating them incorrectly? There’s the cytokine storm problem although I just wonder, for some weird and maybe even wrong reason, that the standard of care, the protocol for this particular viral infection is not intubation for most? If you look at a video of the ICU or ward in Lombardy, everyone is either intimated or negative pressure oxygen. Yes, their Sp02 levels are bad and they have breathing difficulties. So I get why they are following standard protocol - but I just wonder if this particular infection, at its peak, requires a different approach. But enough Doogie Howser from me.
- marcyb5st 7y agoMy understanding is that the virus greatly hinders your immune response in the lungs and that opens the door to microbial infections. This is what causes the severe pneumonias that kill people. Kurzgesagt did a nice video explaining this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtN-goy9VOY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtN-goy9VOY