Cytokine storm has been around for a long while, but was only verified for sure during the Ukraine H1N1 Influenza epidemic.
It might have been responsible for the lethality of the 1918 Spanish Influenza as well.
In Ukraine, doctors were freaked out and insisted that patients had not died of the flu, based on autopsy results, and “flu does not do that!” In many cases, it looked like their lungs had been burned black, again from the cytokine storm.
One way to fight cytokine storm is with ACE inhibitors.
Angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors (ACE inhibitors) are a class of medication used primarily for the treatment of high blood pressure and heart failure. They work by causing relaxation of blood vessels as well as a decrease in blood volume, which leads to lower blood pressure and decreased oxygen demand from the heart.
Vitamin D contains a natural ACE inhibitor. It also has several other anti-viral effects.
Yes, had a young family member that died from a cytokine storm many years ago. No autopsy. Diagnosed as flu then pneumonia, coma/sepsis, organ failure, death in a very short amount of time.
No one else in the family has succumbed that way since.
Don’t know if genetic quirk or what.