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To: ETCM

Heard the other day all that can be done is to support the organs but the patient must recover on their own.


35 posted on 02/07/2020 1:29:51 PM PST by bgill
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flu can kill by causing the organs to shut down via sepsis.

years ago a Doctor told us it was like bleeding inside out...or something like that. I was too traumatized to really remember..but it was horrifying.

So perhaps that is they are treating. I saw a diagram of what this virus does and it involved sepsis.


43 posted on 02/07/2020 1:38:33 PM PST by RummyChick
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To: bgill
Heard the other day all that can be done is to support the organs but the patient must recover on their own.

That's standard for most viruses, but anti-viral meds can help. I don't think anti-virals worked for SARS or MERS, so they might not work for this coronavirus either.

47 posted on 02/07/2020 1:45:33 PM PST by ETCM
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“Heard the other day all that can be done is to support the organs but the patient must recover on their own.”

true of about 99.99% of viral infections ... very, very few antiviral medications exist and those that exist are very specific to the virus ...


62 posted on 02/07/2020 4:08:02 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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