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Jul. 31st, 2020 09:20 amBlood clots, internal inflammations and cytokine storm seem to be common consequence of COVID-19.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/some-modest-good-news-on-covid-19-doctors-are-getting-better-at-treating-it-11596195903
Nothing to treat the infection itself, though.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/some-modest-good-news-on-covid-19-doctors-are-getting-better-at-treating-it-11596195903
Doctors in the region of Lombardy were among the first to start using blood thinners such as heparin on Covid-19 patients, a practice that has spread across Europe. Doctors prescribe prophylactic doses of blood thinner to patients when they first enter hospital, and higher quantities to more severely sick patients.
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A large clinical trial in the U.K. called Recovery recently showed that dexamethasone reduced deaths by up to a third among very sick patients receiving oxygen. The study has enrolled more than 11,500 patients at 175 hospitals to test a variety of potential treatments for Covid-19 in a randomized controlled trial, the gold standard approach in medical research.
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In Italy, hospitals are already using tocilizumab to suppress the overreaction of the immune system—known as a cytokine storm—in severely sick Covid-19 patients to prevent the need for mechanical ventilation. Although there is some evidence it may work, there still is no conclusive scientific proof of its benefits.
Nothing to treat the infection itself, though.