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While generally has been thought to largely affect the lungs in the form of pneumonia there are reports of young people dying due to coronavirus-related strokes.
The fact that 40% of deaths from Covid-19 are related to cardiovascular complications - the disease starts to look like a vascular infection instead of a purely respiratory one with high prevalence of blood clots, strokes, and heart attacks, but also provide an answer for the diverse set of head-to-toe symptoms that have emerged.
The Covid-19 is still surprising the medical world, and respiratory virus infecting blood cells and circulating through the body is virtually unheard of.
It's definitely a very weird virus that creates more and more questions. https://elemental.medium.com/coronav...g-2c4032481ab2
I've read that as well. As one with heart disease and currently on blood thinners this is a big concern of mine. I'd like to think being on blood thinners would be helpful before I would contract COVID.
I've read that as well. As one with heart disease and currently on blood thinners this is a big concern of mine. I'd like to think being on blood thinners would be helpful before I would contract COVID.
Same here. I'd like to know. Those meds are making my hair fall out too.
"Blood vessel damage could also explain why people with pre-existing conditions like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, and heart disease are at a higher risk for severe complications from a virus that’s supposed to just infect the lungs."
I think people with those conditions already know to be careful, but a good reminder.
There was another study that found evidence to suggest that people with A blood type may be at higher risk for covid, and O blood type at lower risk. People with A were disproportionately infected. Preliminary but interesting if there is anything to it. Other studies have found that O blood is at lower risk of heart disease so maybe there is something to it. https://www.pharmacytimes.com/ajax/s...sk-of-covid-19
I just read that, too. Affects the endothelium or inner layer of the blood vessel. I'm wondering, too, will meds now be targeted toward that, maybe w/ a standard treatment to decrease acute vessel inflammation when in the hospital?. I imagine that would be a game changer.
"Blood vessel damage could also explain why people with pre-existing conditions like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, and heart disease are at a higher risk for severe complications from a virus that’s supposed to just infect the lungs."
I think people with those conditions already know to be careful, but a good reminder.
There was another study that found evidence to suggest that people with A blood type may be at higher risk for covid, and O blood type at lower risk. People with A were disproportionately infected. Preliminary but interesting if there is anything to it. Other studies have found that O blood is at lower risk of heart disease so maybe there is something to it. https://www.pharmacytimes.com/ajax/s...sk-of-covid-19
Interesting on the A and O types...wonder what they say about B types which is what I am. My 2 friends who are challenged with afib are both O types and I sent them this info. Thanks.
"Blood vessel damage could also explain why people with pre-existing conditions like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, and heart disease are at a higher risk for severe complications from a virus that’s supposed to just infect the lungs."
I think people with those conditions already know to be careful, but a good reminder.
There was another study that found evidence to suggest that people with A blood type may be at higher risk for covid, and O blood type at lower risk. People with A were disproportionately infected. Preliminary but interesting if there is anything to it. Other studies have found that O blood is at lower risk of heart disease so maybe there is something to it. https://www.pharmacytimes.com/ajax/s...sk-of-covid-19
The article also says this:
“The good news is that if Covid-19 is a vascular disease, there are existing drugs that can help protect against endothelial cell damage. In another New England Journal of Medicine paper that looked at nearly 9,000 people with Covid-19, Mehra showed that the use of statins and ACE inhibitors were linked to higher rates of survival. Statins reduce the risk of heart attacks not only by lowering cholesterol or preventing plaque, they also stabilize existing plaque, meaning they’re less likely to rupture if someone is on the drugs.”
That’s good news for those who are already treating their conditions with Statins and ACE inhibitors. Those drugs make the likelihood of surviving Covid 19 higher than those who are not following a treatment protocol.
“The good news is that if Covid-19 is a vascular disease, there are existing drugs that can help protect against endothelial cell damage. In another New England Journal of Medicine paper that looked at nearly 9,000 people with Covid-19, Mehra showed that the use of statins and ACE inhibitors were linked to higher rates of survival. Statins reduce the risk of heart attacks not only by lowering cholesterol or preventing plaque, they also stabilize existing plaque, meaning they’re less likely to rupture if someone is on the drugs.”
That’s good news for those who are already treating their conditions with Statins and ACE inhibitors. Those drugs make the likelihood of surviving Covid 19 higher than those who are not following a treatment protocol.
Yes, I've been hearing from early on that untreated underlying conditions put you at higher risk. Some people that died may not have known they had any of those conditions, or chose not to treat them.
"Blood vessel damage could also explain why people with pre-existing conditions like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, and heart disease are at a higher risk for severe complications from a virus that’s supposed to just infect the lungs."
I think people with those conditions already know to be careful, but a good reminder.
There was another study that found evidence to suggest that people with A blood type may be at higher risk for covid, and O blood type at lower risk. People with A were disproportionately infected. Preliminary but interesting if there is anything to it. Other studies have found that O blood is at lower risk of heart disease so maybe there is something to it. https://www.pharmacytimes.com/ajax/s...sk-of-covid-19
Error on the above link so I found more info on the blood types:
Looks to me like it can become a vascular disease in worst case scenario, so not sure it's exactly "good news" that it may progress to that point.
If it means the prognosis is now better for these cases, well OK that's very good news.
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