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> infection that leads to the lungs filling with fluid > The ultimate goal with these three things is to give the patient time to develop antibodies and fight
by qwerty456127 7y ago
> infection that leads to the lungs filling with fluid
> The ultimate goal with these three things is to give the patient time to develop antibodies and fight the virus and clear out the lungs
Where does the fluid come from in the first place? Do the viruses (I can hardly believe) or bacteria produce it? Doesn't the patients own body do? If it does then why and how? Can that be inhibited?
- URSpider94 7y agoThe patient’s own body makes the secretions. It’s a combination of leakage from damaged cells in the lungs caused by the virus, and the natural immune response. Since the infection is inside the lungs, producing mucus is the body’s way to try to encapsulate and expel contaminants, and also provides a liquid medium for antibodies and white blood cells to circulate in. With covid-19 and flu, you generally don’t die from the effects of the virus, you die from the side-effects of your own body’s immune response.