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Respiratory therapist:"Many are relatively young, and have minimal, if any, preexisting conditions." (Original Post) blitzen Mar 2020 OP
Thank you for the link,.. I have COPD so info very helpful. magicarpet Mar 2020 #1
There appears to be an autoimmune reaction safeinOhio Mar 2020 #2
Cytokine storm. nt live love laugh Mar 2020 #3
Deadly immune 'storm' caused by emergent flu infections safeinOhio Mar 2020 #4

magicarpet

(14,155 posts)
1. Thank you for the link,.. I have COPD so info very helpful.
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 10:12 PM
Mar 2020

It was like going in to the ICU ward and watch over the attendant's shoulder.

safeinOhio

(32,688 posts)
2. There appears to be an autoimmune reaction
Sat Mar 21, 2020, 10:16 PM
Mar 2020

in the lungs of young healthy patients. Can’t remember the name but was called a storm. The more healthy you are, the stronger the autoimmune reaction and affects mid/30s to mid/40 year olds.

safeinOhio

(32,688 posts)
4. Deadly immune 'storm' caused by emergent flu infections
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 06:39 AM
Mar 2020

Deadly immune 'storm' caused by emergent flu infections

A cytokine storm is an overproduction of immune cells and their activating compounds (cytokines), which, in a flu infection, is often associated with a surge of activated immune cells into the lungs. The resulting lung inflammation and fluid buildup can lead to respiratory distress and can be contaminated by a secondary bacterial pneumonia -- often enhancing the mortality in patients.
This little-understood phenomenon is thought to occur in at least several types of infections and autoimmune conditions, but it appears to be particularly relevant in outbreaks of new flu variants. Cytokine storm is now seen as a likely major cause of mortality in the 1918-20 "Spanish flu" -- which killed more than 50 million people worldwide -- and the H1N1 "swine flu" and H5N1 "bird flu" of recent years. In these epidemics, the patients most likely to die were relatively young adults with apparently strong immune reactions to the infection -- whereas ordinary seasonal flu epidemics disproportionately affect the very young and the elderly.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140227142250.htm

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