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New Evidence Suggests COVID-19 May Actually Be a Blood Vessel Disease

The Mighty Staff
The MightyJune 2, 2020, 3:51 PM EDT
Red blood cells or corpuscles flowing through a vein
Red blood cells or corpuscles flowing through a vein.

What’s new: While early on COVID-19 was branded as a respiratory illness, its wide array of symptoms — from the toes to the brain — baffled experts. According to experts interviewed in an Elemental article, it’s unprecedented that a respiratory illness could migrate outside the lungs. But new research suggests COVID-19 may actually be a blood vessel disease, which would explain all of the virus’ symptoms.

The frontlines: To date, more than 6 million people around the world have a confirmed case of COVID-19. The most common symptoms are still a fever, cough and difficultly breathing. But COVID-19 causes other symptoms, like digestive issues, blood clots, heart attacks, stroke, brain swelling and skin issues. There could be an explanation that takes all of these into account:

  • COVID-19 may be a “vasculotropic virus,” or a virus that affects the blood vessels

  • Specifically, the coronavirus may target endothelial cells that line your blood vessels and help protect your heart, prevent clotting and keep blood flowing smoothly

  • This could also explain why people with high blood pressure, diabetes and heart disease are at higher risk of COVID-19, because all of these conditions already impact endothelial cells

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Endothelial cells connect the entire circulation [system], 60,000 miles worth of blood vessels throughout our body. — William Li, MD, president of the Angiogenesis Foundation



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  • Butchdog2
    I read a report that was supposed to be from Italy. Can't verify it but read along the same lines. Make a guess what the are "supposed" to be treating it with. Note, could be fake news but if not someone is in a butt load of trouble.
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  • truthful
    Early on there was a report from a doctor that COVID-19 patients who were treated with blood thinners (anti-coagulants), Warfarin, Coumadin, etc. responded well. That report was quickly squashed, either by the "experts" or more likely by the media who abhor good news. Recently, there are reports out of Italy that it appears as an infection, not a virus. One effective treatment Italy reports is simply aspirin. Aspirin can act as a blood thinner. That is why people taking prescription thinners are cautioned to avoid aspirin over doing it.
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  • Butchdog2
    Hummmm.
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  • bpost
    What ever it is I would prefer to not have it.
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