Elevated Cytokines a risk factor for ARDS in COVID-19?

[Elizka]

I thought this article was very interesting: statnews.com/2020/03/03/who...

Partially this section: It may be that immuno-suppression is actually helpful. Some of the most serious symptoms of Covid-19 result from an immune system on the rampage rather than a lethargic one, Chinese scientists found: An extreme immune response called cytokine storm, a flood of immune cells and the biochemicals they produce, tears through lung tissue.

Here is the research from China linked in the article above. nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/N...

Take care, everyone.

[Bluetop]

Interesting to see the level of statistics used to try to understand the disease.. What a challenge for the health care bodies.

[Lena70]

I had the first panic attack of my life yesterday after reading this. It was horrible.

[Elizka in reply to Lena70]

I'm sorry to hear this! Please take care.

[Lena70 in reply to Elizka]

Same to you.

[Gabrielle79]

thank you for sharing.