COVID treatment from the 8th day
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I watched this a few weeks ago, it is long but I found it interesting. The doctor is saying 20-30% of people have an allergic reaction in their deep lung tissue and/or vascular system after a week of having COVID. The reaction is caused by the spike proteins left behind by the virus. Think of an allergic skin reaction and imagine that internally.
The reasons I found it interesting is 1) if this is true treatment will be much more effective for those affected this way and 2) I recall about 3-4 years ago we were treating patients with a positive flu diagnosis (I can't remember if it was Influenza A or B) and some of them would improve for a week to ten days then go down hill quickly and present back with pneumonia. Like he is describing with some COVID patients.
Spike proteins are what a virus uses to attach itself to cells in our bodies. So I'm wondering if this is true and if it is somewhat common with these types of viruses. If so we have been overlooking it for decades and this will be a major improvement in patient care which will in turn improve survival rates.
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Have there been any cases of flu this year??
According to one of the doctors I know it's kicked up compared to last year but as I am currently not working as a nurse I don't have the numbers at hand. I received a notice from the state health department on it on 11/22.21. Here is the first paragraph.
"As flu season has progressed, an increasing amount of flu activity has been reported among university students in Midwest states outside of Indiana. Seasonal flu activity remains low in Indiana and across the United States but is expected to increase in the coming weeks. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), flu activity was unusually low last season, likely due to COVID-19 mitigation measures. So far this season, however, the implementation of those mitigation measures (masks, social distancing, etc.) has decreased."
I went down hill after a week of improving with COVID. I contributed it to the rib issue I posted about prior. Now I wonder if I was one of the 20-30% he is talking about. I've had a couple of other people tell me that is when they took a turn for the worse. Of course I know more people that had a week or so of mild symptoms and got over it.
I hope this gets more research.
Yep, that is what I posted over in politics on Oct 25th. I think the doc is right on.
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Duh! That's where I got it. Now I remember replying to the thread.
They say the mind is the first thing to go. I forget what the second thing is. 😁
Joe
My employee who died in November 2019 exhibited this same symptomatic scenario. She wasn't feeling well and had a bit of hacking cough which seemed to improve but a week later she was in intensive care and died. At the time COVID wasn't even on the radar and the treatment offered by the hospital was ineffective.
Her husband and I both were down with similar symptoms(fever, hacking cough, respiratory distress) for several days but recovered. I totally believe this theory of attributing many of the deaths to this residual allergic reaction.