Here's the story:-
Apparently as a result of Coronavirus, this dude had to have his leg amputated.
Can someone please explain the connection to me as I'm too stupid to understand how this would work.
Here's the story:-
Apparently as a result of Coronavirus, this dude had to have his leg amputated.
Can someone please explain the connection to me as I'm too stupid to understand how this would work.
My guess: fake news media and diabetes.
he was on a ventilator and for some reason got blood clouts in his leg blood could not reach his foot and his foot died
March sadness wrote:
he was on a ventilator and for some reason got blood clouts in his leg blood could not reach his foot and his foot died
Yes. But how did the respiratory disease COVID-19 work it's magic to make this happen?
That's what I don't understand...
Too stupid to understand why wrote:
March sadness wrote:
he was on a ventilator and for some reason got blood clouts in his leg blood could not reach his foot and his foot died
Yes. But how did the respiratory disease COVID-19 work it's magic to make this happen?
That's what I don't understand...
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Too stupid to understand why wrote:
Yes. But how did the respiratory disease COVID-19 work it's magic to make this happen?
That's what I don't understand...
when you lay in one place for too long blood clots can happen. Doctors should do motion exercises to keep blood circulation. I am not a medical expert but the hospital could be at fault if they failed to do stuff to keep blood circulation
Too stupid to understand why wrote:
March sadness wrote:
he was on a ventilator and for some reason got blood clouts in his leg blood could not reach his foot and his foot died
Yes. But how did the respiratory disease COVID-19 work it's magic to make this happen?
That's what I don't understand...
It is not specific to COVID and is a complication of being on a ventilator and immobile for a period of time.
If the body is bed-bound or otherwise unable to move (as when a patient is sedated and intubated on a ventilator), blood does not return to the heart as quickly and something called venous stasis occurs. This slowed blood is more prone to clot. The clot, if not caught quickly enough can cause the limb to die (among other things). All patients who are immobile in the hospital are given a small dose of blood thinner to prevent this but sometimes they still happen.
March sadness wrote:
Too stupid to understand why wrote:
Yes. But how did the respiratory disease COVID-19 work it's magic to make this happen?
That's what I don't understand...
when you lay in one place for too long blood clots can happen. Doctors should do motion exercises to keep blood circulation. I am not a medical expert but the hospital could be at fault if they failed to do stuff to keep blood circulation
Or nursing staff, yes. This I exactly what I thought was the case. My understanding was that this was always a possibility if patients weren't moved regularly.
However in this instance we are being told that the amputation was as a result of a Coronavirus "complication", so would it be fair to speculate that the respiratory disease itself had directly caused hospital staff to provide inadequate care for the patient?
Covid-19 doesn't just attack the lungs. It has also been found to affect other organs (including the heart and kidneys) and in some it has even attacked T-cells. It is a very serious disease which can kill. But, it's also a new disease so everyone is still learning what it does. Including now discovering that in some cases it causes wide spread blood clots. (see article below). This is possibly what has happened to Nick which is why they put him on blood thinners.
https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/16/blood-clots-coronavirus-tpa/
It is not MERELY a respiratory disease.
Well, I cheated and actually read the article. He had a drop in blood pressure, which can trigger circulatory problems. They put him on anticoagulants (aka blood thinners) to try to help circulation to his foot; but those caused intestinal bleeding. So they had to give up on the foot and take (part of, presumably) the leg.
oh, dear wrote:
Well, I cheated and actually read the article. He had a drop in blood pressure, which can trigger circulatory problems. They put him on anticoagulants (aka blood thinners) to try to help circulation to his foot; but those caused intestinal bleeding. So they had to give up on the foot and take (part of, presumably) the leg.
I read the article as well - How did Coronavirus cause this?
Too stupid to understand why wrote:
oh, dear wrote:
Well, I cheated and actually read the article. He had a drop in blood pressure, which can trigger circulatory problems. They put him on anticoagulants (aka blood thinners) to try to help circulation to his foot; but those caused intestinal bleeding. So they had to give up on the foot and take (part of, presumably) the leg.
I read the article as well - How did Coronavirus cause this?
coranvirus was responsible for the drop in blood pressure?
Too stupid to understand why wrote:
oh, dear wrote:
Well, I cheated and actually read the article. He had a drop in blood pressure, which can trigger circulatory problems. They put him on anticoagulants (aka blood thinners) to try to help circulation to his foot; but those caused intestinal bleeding. So they had to give up on the foot and take (part of, presumably) the leg.
I read the article as well - How did Coronavirus cause this?
Could be a couple of things, or likely a combination.
Sepsis, or septic shock, is a drop in blood pressure in the setting of infection. You see this most typically with bacterial infections, but the issue of cytokine storm seems prevalent in COVID-19 as well. Cytokines are chemicals produced by the immune system to help fight infection. Some can lower BP.
The drop in BP could lead to insufficient oxygen delivery to the extremities.
Also, shock would typically be treated with medications that raise the BP, to prevent kidney or liver failure and get blood to the brain. These medications are sometimes needed in such high doses that blood supply to the digits is compromised.
Further, some patients with COVID 19 have damage to the heart. It's possible that this might further reduce circulation.
These comments have been interesting and educational and far above the usual blather found here.
Here's an article on "COVID toes" or red rashes that look a bit like frostbite that have been found on many infected people, especially kids and young adults who are otherwise asymptomatic. It's possibly related to blood clotting issues from COVID-19. To early to say for sure. But maybe it's more than just being on a ventilator that caused the blood clots for this guy.
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/covid-toes-could-skin-conditions-offer-coronavirus-clues-172700745.html
March sadness wrote:
he was on a ventilator and for some reason got blood clouts in his leg blood could not reach his foot and his foot died
So it was not Covid that cost him his leg but the treatment for Covid.
People, stay away from the hospitals. They kill as many as 425,000 Americans per year per a John Hopkins study.
Giles Corey wrote:
March sadness wrote:
he was on a ventilator and for some reason got blood clouts in his leg blood could not reach his foot and his foot died
So it was not Covid that cost him his leg but the treatment for Covid.
People, stay away from the hospitals. They kill as many as 425,000 Americans per year per a John Hopkins study.
Jesus christ, are you fu$king retarded?
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