Originally posted by: Sutapasima
Now for some technical info ...
💊 Covid-19 🦠 Update:
💊 Deaths from Covid-19 are due to (1) cytokine storm syndrome and (2) fulminant myocarditis.
💊 During a cytokine storm, an excessive immune response ravages healthy lung tissue, leading to acute respiratory distress and multi-organ failure.
💊 All Covid-19 patients sick enough for hospitalization should be given a *serum ferritin* blood test.
💊 Elevated serum ferritin values are a good first screening tool for the possibility of a cytokine storm syndrome in sick patients with high fevers.
💊 Treating Covid-19 infected patients with cytokine storm syndrome with IL-6 blockade (tocilizumab) has recently been reported in China with successful outcomes.
💊 Fulminant myocarditis ❤ has also been reported in patients with Covid-19.
💊 Fulminant myocarditis is primarily caused by infection with viruses. It arises quickly, progresses rapidly, and may lead to severe heart failure or circulatory failure presenting as rapid-onset hypotension and cardiogenic shock, with mortality rates as high as 50%–70%.
💊 Physicians should pay attention not only to the symptoms of respiratory dysfunction but also the symptoms of cardiac injury.
💊 https://www.vox.com/2020/3/12/21176783/coronavirus-covid-19-deaths-china-treatment-cytokine-storm-syndrome
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