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COVID kills by drastically reducing the surface area that can be used for oxygen exchange in the lungs. The successful protocols are more in line with dealing w
by dsl 7y ago
COVID kills by drastically reducing the surface area that can be used for oxygen exchange in the lungs. The successful protocols are more in line with dealing with a drowning victim than long term maintenance of someone with reduced lung function.
- DoreenMichele 7y agoThe official explanation for cystic fibrosis touted by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is that people with CF are "drowning in their own mucus." Airway clearance is medically prescribed and it's not because we tend to have big holes in our lungs from repeated infections. It's because we tend to have too much gunk in our lungs. Reduced lung function per se for people with CF is typically due to the lungs being eaten away by infection. The end game for medical treatment of that issue is typically lung transplant. People with CF account for about a third of all adult and half of all pediatric lung transplants in the US, or did the last time I looked up such stats.