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and for you Drs...here is something to consider if the blood is doing what happens with thalassemia:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23383265

"The present study aimed to investigate the role of glutathione efflux transporters, namely cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) and multidrug resistance-associated protein 1 (MRP1), in the control of glutathione levels and protection against oxidative challenges in beta thalassemia/Hb E erythrocytes. We found that CFTR protein was expressed in the erythrocytes of beta thalassemia/Hb E patients. Treatments with GlyH-101 (50 µM), a small molecule CFTR inhibitor, and MK571 (50 µM), an MRP1 inhibitor, reduced H(2)O(2)-induced free radical generation in the erythrocytes by ∼80% and 50%, respectively. Furthermore, combined treatment with GlyH-101 and MK571 completely abolished the induction of reactive oxygen radicals. "

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COVID-19 early warning score: a multi-parameter screening tool to identify highly suspected patients

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.05.20031906v1.full.pdf

GaryClareIn reply to 88planoAg • 11:10aAG
88planoAg said:
Yes, pink eye is a symptom, as is eye pain.

Most common symptom I believe is lack of taste/smell.One warning on the eye pain - whatever is occurring to cause the pain in your eye can also cause a retina detachment. There have been a few cases of Covid reactions causing this problem. If you have any problems with your vision you need to go to your eye doctor or a retina specialist immediately. Every day matters with a retina detachment. If you cannot get into to see your regular eye doctor go directly to the retina specialist. Don’t delay seeing a retina specialist if your regular eye doctor can’t get you in. Your retina receives nutrients from your eye and not from the other direction, so if it is detached it starts to die. The difference between getting to a retina specialist on Friday versus Monday may likely be the difference in whether you have vision in that eye. From what I understand you pretty much have 48 hours max to get this fixed to have a good chance of your vision returning to normal. Every day after that is bad.

If you have any doubt, don’t take a chance and think it might get better on it’s own - get to the doctor and get it addressed quickly.