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To: steve86

https://www.salon.com/2020/04/05/what-it-feels-like-to-survive-covid-19s-dreaded-cytokine-storm/
“Yes. It’s been written about, and I certainly experienced it and perhaps I can share an insight. I am unsure but am guessing that the cranial nerve responsible for taste and smell may not be affected by coronavirus. Early on, I noticed a biofilm in my mouth, and I couldn’t taste very well at all, even though I knew I should be eating and trying to maintain my nutrition. Physicians at the hospital did examine my mouth, but no one saw any pathology. When I finally coughed up sputum, the now infamous black sputum, it grew candida, a fungus associated with the loss of taste but not necessarily smell. My speculation is that this virus immunosuppresses people. Remember my white blood count was very low and remained low for quite a while, so one is susceptible to a supra-infection, in this case a fungal infection possibly causing this clinical finding and concern.


538 posted on 05/06/2020 6:15:09 PM PDT by RummyChick ( Yeah, it's Daily Mail. So what.)
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To: RummyChick

and once again, I will say that Dr had an insane Ferritin count of 18,000

When you look at various scientific disease studies and articles that discuss ferritin in the past you dont see numbers like that. I thought it might be a typo because even 1800 is high


540 posted on 05/06/2020 6:18:08 PM PDT by RummyChick ( Yeah, it's Daily Mail. So what.)
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