“Even patients without respiratory complaints had Covid pneumonia. The patient stabbed in the shoulder, whom we X-rayed because we worried he had a collapsed lung, actually had Covid pneumonia. In patients on whom we did CT scans because they were injured in falls, we coincidentally found Covid pneumonia. Elderly patients who had passed out for unknown reasons and a number of diabetic patients were found to have it.
“And here is what really surprised us: These patients did not report any sensation of breathing problems, even though their chest X-rays showed diffuse pneumonia and their oxygen was below normal. How could this be?
“We are just beginning to recognize that Covid pneumonia initially causes a form of oxygen deprivation we call “silent hypoxia” — “silent” because of its insidious, hard-to-detect nature.”
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When we feel forced to draw a breath — even if it means drowning — the trigger is not lack of oxygen, but the buildup of carbon dioxide. It seems that Covid patients who are suffering pneumonia may not feel anything is wrong because Covid restricts taking in oxygen but not exhaling of carbon dioxide or something like that. This is why some patients can seem to be doing fine but expire the next day.
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If Remdesivir can prevent 9 out of 10 deaths that are now occurring that will be all we need to end this crisis. It won’t have to do anything else.
“A new study in cell cultures suggests that ivermectin, an existing antiparasitic drug, is able to eliminate SARS-CoV-2 within 48 hours. However, whether this approach is safe and effective in human beings remains to be seen.”
“If research confirms that an existing drug can combat SARS-CoV-2, the availability of the drug and the fact that it has already undergone tests and trials — albeit for other indications — could mean that the treatment can reach people with COVID-19 quickly.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/20/opinion/coronavirus-testing-pneumonia.html
“Even patients without respiratory complaints had Covid pneumonia. The patient stabbed in the shoulder, whom we X-rayed because we worried he had a collapsed lung, actually had Covid pneumonia. In patients on whom we did CT scans because they were injured in falls, we coincidentally found Covid pneumonia. Elderly patients who had passed out for unknown reasons and a number of diabetic patients were found to have it.
“And here is what really surprised us: These patients did not report any sensation of breathing problems, even though their chest X-rays showed diffuse pneumonia and their oxygen was below normal. How could this be?
“We are just beginning to recognize that Covid pneumonia initially causes a form of oxygen deprivation we call “silent hypoxia” — “silent” because of its insidious, hard-to-detect nature.”
* *
When we feel forced to draw a breath — even if it means drowning — the trigger is not lack of oxygen, but the buildup of carbon dioxide. It seems that Covid patients who are suffering pneumonia may not feel anything is wrong because Covid restricts taking in oxygen but not exhaling of carbon dioxide or something like that. This is why some patients can seem to be doing fine but expire the next day.
* * * * * *
If Remdesivir can prevent 9 out of 10 deaths that are now occurring that will be all we need to end this crisis. It won’t have to do anything else.
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/could-an-antiparasitic-drug-kill-off-sars-cov-2-within-2-days
“A new study in cell cultures suggests that ivermectin, an existing antiparasitic drug, is able to eliminate SARS-CoV-2 within 48 hours. However, whether this approach is safe and effective in human beings remains to be seen.”
“If research confirms that an existing drug can combat SARS-CoV-2, the availability of the drug and the fact that it has already undergone tests and trials — albeit for other indications — could mean that the treatment can reach people with COVID-19 quickly.”