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Cytokine release syndrome (CRS) is a form of systemic inflammatory response syndrome that can be triggered by a variety of factors such as infections and certain drugs. It occurs when large numbers of white blood cells are activated and release inflammatory cytokines, which in turn activate yet more white blood cells. CRS is also an adverse effect of some monoclonal antibody drugs, as well as adoptive T-cell therapies. Severe cases have been called cytokine storms.[2] When occurring as a result of drug administration, it is also known as an infusion reaction.

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Cytokine Storm and Herbs: Life or Death Information!

10/21/2015

UPDATED ARTICLE AS OF MARCH 2020!
Many people hear the word "Cytokine Storm" and think it is a weather prediction.

However, this storm is one that can kill you. It is a "body weather prediction".

A cytokine storm can kill you. It occurs when a very severe viral infection (such as Swine Flu H1N1 or Bird Flu H5N1 - many people are now very worried about it based on the Coronavirus) takes control of your immune system and causes immune confusion in your body. Basically your body starts to work on overdrive and becomes really confused. This reaction called "Cytokine Storm" over activates your body to where normal feedback loops designed to calm things down fail to operate. (See the Medical Dictionary definition here.)

Your immune system becomes a runaway freight train where high fever, massive inflammation, extreme fatigue, vomiting and diarrhea dominate every minute of your existence. Did you know that MOST of the 25 million people that died in the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic died from a cytokine storm? Wow... that's good information to know. You don’t want to be caught in a cytokine storm.


You see, when someone in your house gets "the sniffles" there are so many wonderful ways of treating the illness through a natural route. Elderberry Syrup, First Defense, essential oils, diffusing, baths, glycerites, tinctures... In essence there are a lot of resources to use in order to combat the illness before it gets worse.

However, if someone in your care (including yourself of course) gets ill and it keeps getting worse, and worse, and worse and worse... you could be FEEDING the problem by what herbs you are using.

There are some herbs that COMBAT the Cytokine Storm and aid your body in fighting it, and there are other herbs that actually make it worse.

Here is a list of herbs that help to COMBAT Cytokine Storm (and if you keep getting more and more sick, these are the herbs to INCREASE), basically the good guys:
-Turmeric
-Elder LEAF
-Yarrow
-Cayenne
-Garlic
-Ginger
-Horseradish
-Red Raspberry
-Chinese Skullcap
-St. Johns Wort (check any interactions this might have with depression meds)
-Tea Tree Oil
-Vitamin C (lots of it! - and take it with a green spinach smoothie so your body has the iron to absorb it properly)
-Vitamin D

And remember, herbs are NOT like pharmaceutical drugs - they are NOT long term release - they are short term release. Meaning that when you are treating yourself with herbs you need to use them regularly. In the case of illness, supporting your cellular health each hour with herbs is perfectly fine!


So... How do I recognize a Cytokine Storm?

Once again, if you or anyone in your care is just starting to get sick, the risk of cytokine storm isn't substantiated yet.

However, if these signs show up and the illness keeps escalating, then be aware that a Cytokine Storm could be upon you (Please see THIS ARTICLE for further information on cytokine storm):
-High Fever for extended period of time (102*+ for 2 full days without breaking) - See this article about the basics of fevers, gives excellent information and medical guidelines.
-Swelling and redness on the body
-EXTREME fatigue
-Nausea and diarrhea consistent for 2 full days
-Rapid resting heart rate (over 100 beats per minute)

Remember, please seek medical attention in the case of an emergency. Don't avoid medical help when a Cytokine Storm could be upon you or anyone in your care - because it can be fatal!

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ORIGINAL: MrRoadrunner

I'm not dumb and I am not a smart person either.
I think looking only at recovered to deaths as a percentage is a skewed model.

We have figures that show total cases versus total deaths. I am not saying that you should look at unknown versus a known. I am not asking anyone to speculate. I just don't see that the actual "recovered to deaths" is the right model.

If the remainder of the total has not recovered or died what happened to them?

Take the following "figures" into account and see if you can see a constant?

213557 total cases versus 8790 deaths equals 4.11 percent.
225252 total cases versus 9276 deaths equals 4.11 percent.
255729 total cases versus 10495 deaths equals 4.10 percent.
282395 total cases versus 11822 deaths equals 4.18 percent.

Statistically it tells me that roughly four percent of the total infected will die. The higher the infected the higher the death rates? But, statistically the model shows that the four percent has been a constant the entire time?

And,as stated by others, it is the total burden on the medical system infrastructure and the infrastructure of the food chain that will be most effected directly by the totals that cause future possible breakdowns in each.

I'm personally affected by the fact that my company has shut down our two stores in Pennsylvania. I feel bad for those associates working paycheck to paycheck depending on us to be open and the many contractors working job to job to keep their businesses afloat.
The domino effect of breaking down the system and protecting those from getting the virus?

I'm probably far off the mark. But, I see the breakdown of the system's both medical and economical as the most concerning part in this whole thing.

RR

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ORIGINAL: Zorch

Science News has an article about 'Why some heart patients may be especially vulnerable to COVID-19'
People with hypertension and cardiovascular disease risk severe bouts of the disease

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/coronavirus-covid-19-why-some-heart-patients-especially-vulnerable

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ORIGINAL: Franciscus

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ORIGINAL: TulliusDetritus

Our cardiologist contributor (Franciscus, he knows how hospitals work) already told us that the mortality rate is sort of missing the point.

The scary point is NO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM in the world can absorb the really sick cases if you don't stop the virus from infecting right and left.

NOT A SINGLE ONE

I can’t stress this enough !!
What is happening in Italy is a first-world healthcare system overloaded with too much critically ill patients in a short period of time.

The tragedy is compounded by the fact that many of the critically ill covid patients die for lack of resources, but the mortality of the other critically ill patients (with other diseases like heart attacks, strokes, bacterial pneumonia, accident victims, etc) will also increase dramatically because the healthcare system has collapsed.

It is a tragedy that will change our world

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ORIGINAL: Lobster

Based on the low number of cases reported by Russia and the fact that they closed their borders before anyone else I'd say there's a good argument they seeded the disease in Wuhan and then blamed it on the U.s. [:D][:D][:D]


HEALTH AND SCIENCE
Russia closes border with China to prevent spread of the coronavirus
PUBLISHED THU, JAN 30 20207:48 AM ESTUPDATED THU, JAN 30 20208:48 AM EST

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ORIGINAL: Jace11

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ORIGINAL: Zorch

Science News has an article about 'Why some heart patients may be especially vulnerable to COVID-19'
People with hypertension and cardiovascular disease risk severe bouts of the disease

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/coronavirus-covid-19-why-some-heart-patients-especially-vulnerable

Yup... ACE2 may be the key. It is also crucial in mitigating lung damage. ACE2 knock-out mice become very leaky after lung tissue damage, this is expected, as the angiotensin system is out of balance. Mice challenged with the the old SARS looked like there was no ACE2 in the lungs. ACE2 is an important factor in protecting the lung from damage, but this virus is targeting those pneumocytes that express it (probably exclusively - as this is the target of the S-protein).

It's a double whammy attack! A lung infection that also takes out the lungs ability to mitigate the damage. It's also X-linked, and there is a 2:1 gender bias is severe cases and deaths, but this could also be explained by other factors (men drink, smoke, and are more prone to high BP, cardiovascular dz). Type I and II Diabetes have upregulated ACE2 too (often prescribed ACE blockers and ARBs) - that is another reported comorbidity.

Recombinant soluble ACE2 is close to clinical trials in China.

The hypertension bias in the latest Italian data ... 76%
https://www.epicentro.iss.it/coronavirus/bollettino/Report-COVID-2019_17_marzo-v2.pdf

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ORIGINAL: TulliusDetritus

Feel free to ignore [...] the head of a visiting Chinese Red Cross delegation helping Italy.

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ORIGINAL: TulliusDetritus

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ORIGINAL: TulliusDetritus

Feel free to ignore [...] the head of a visiting Chinese Red Cross delegation helping Italy.

Well, Italians understood the partial lockdown was not enough (not working). Now total lockdown, they stop the economy basically.

The South Korean approach only works when you react quickly. In the EU, that is not the case (too late), so we'll need the Chinese sledgehammer. Sounds rational if you want to save the people, not the economy (as some sociopaths suggest) [;)]

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ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

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ORIGINAL: Jace11

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ORIGINAL: Zorch

Science News has an article about 'Why some heart patients may be especially vulnerable to COVID-19'
People with hypertension and cardiovascular disease risk severe bouts of the disease

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/coronavirus-covid-19-why-some-heart-patients-especially-vulnerable

Yup... ACE2 may be the key. It is also crucial in mitigating lung damage. ACE2 knock-out mice become very leaky after lung tissue damage, this is expected, as the angiotensin system is out of balance. Mice challenged with the the old SARS looked like there was no ACE2 in the lungs. ACE2 is an important factor in protecting the lung from damage, but this virus is targeting those pneumocytes that express it (probably exclusively - as this is the target of the S-protein).

It's a double whammy attack! A lung infection that also takes out the lungs ability to mitigate the damage. It's also X-linked, and there is a 2:1 gender bias is severe cases and deaths, but this could also be explained by other factors (men drink, smoke, and are more prone to high BP, cardiovascular dz). Type I and II Diabetes have upregulated ACE2 too (often prescribed ACE blockers and ARBs) - that is another reported comorbidity.

Recombinant soluble ACE2 is close to clinical trials in China.

The hypertension bias in the latest Italian data ... 76%
https://www.epicentro.iss.it/coronavirus/bollettino/Report-COVID-2019_17_marzo-v2.pdf

I had already mentioned ACE2 and possibly using free ACE2 to bind with the virus so it will not be able to infect cells. But the ACE channel blockers are a different ACE.

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ORIGINAL: balto

WoW! I normally do not come to Matrix as often as I have been unless it is something new that is coming which I am interested in which is Shadow Empires (which is going to awesome) and Pz Corp 2 (pretty good). I always assumed that most of us were not the doom-and-gloom types because I also assumed there was some higher intelligence mixed-in with the types of games we play/love. I was wrong, even the ones with math skills. I see again another TOAW person (should rename that group the "Sky Is Falling Little Boys") saying something about Maryland and the National Guard and the pic of their Humvees and Martial law.., sounds ominous and spooky especially with the pics of them "hiding" under the underpass. The reason they are under the overpass is because that is the parking lot of our stadium which has lots of parking and is wide open and logistically it would take a local commander about 1.5 minutes to realize this is the marshalling area. I have lived just outside of the city and worked in it my whole life - we are 100% fine and the NG is distributing food and helping other Americans get what they need within the city - food distribution, etc.., Thank goodness for the National Guard..,

PS - Italy and Spain, sorry that you are going through so much. If you are scared, hide it so that those around you feed off of that confidence, even if it is false-confidence - this is what is called being a man. Stay strong and help your neighbor if you can, you will get through this.

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ORIGINAL: Red2112

They knew what could happen two months before the outbreak. Probably even years before that! Thereīs NO excuse as to how goverments are dealing with this, and WE as citizens of the world should be aware of that! The goverments are at our service, thatīs why we vote for them, and NOT the other way around!

Was Event 201 just a waste of time?
http://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/event201/about

Was the major doctors opinion a waste of time too?

After the outbreak in China, what more did goverments need to know? If that wasent enough, then Italy came along and there were still speculating, then Spain, and then the rest of EU before they even started to take actions!

Oh but no worries, they are working on a cure in the meantime while others die. But donīt panic, will give you a vaccine of which you wont know what it will really do to you and the new born till the next generation comes, and again, meantime they will make a profit off of it. Will also give you money of which we will get back in the years to come by rising your taxes, and rescueing (with our money) those companies who were already in a pitfall before all this happened.

And your still worried about some statistic numbers that nobody really knows if they are true, or comments on media that are owned by those who only care about there money? Ever heard of social engineering? This is just the first wave of similar incidents to come, it all depends on how we react.

Nobody has knocked on my door ever asking what I think should be done, about ANYTHING, but then Iam asked to trust those above that do as they please.

Really? Get in check with yourself...