CORONAVIRUS ARTICLES, INFORMATION & RESEARCH STUDIES!
CORONAVIRUS Clincal Trials
Nitric oxide (NO) gas works by widening blood vessels in the lungs that become constricted as a result of inflammation and formation of clots and can no longer provide the body with enough oxygen. The gas is frequently used as a first line treatment in premature babies and for oxygen-deprived newborn babies. Preliminary data suggests that inhaled NO could have a virus-killing effect on SARS-CoV-2 due to the genomic similarities between this virus and those that caused the SARS and MERS outbreaks. Studies during the SARS outbreak in 2004-05 demonstrated that NO was effective in killing that virus. (Massachusetts General Hospital)
Nitric Oxide Therapy?
SHREVEPORT - LSU researchers say they are encouraged by the preliminary results for a therapeutic COVID-19 treatment they are testing.
The LSU Health Center in Shreveport is one of the only health centers in the country that is currently enrolling patients in a clinical trial that uses a gas, known as nitric oxide, to help fight the coronavirus.
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The ultimate hope is that the nitric oxide will shorten the duration of the virus, allowing seriously ill virus patients to stop using ventilators and preventing mild cases from becoming severe.
(WBRZ News)
CORONAVIRUS WARNING FROM ITALY: Effects of COVID-19 could be worse than first thought
Psychosis, insomnia, kidney disease, spinal infections, strokes, chronic tiredness and mobility issues are being identified in former coronavirus patients in Lombardy, the worst-affected region in the country. The doctors warn that some victims may never recover from the illness and that all age groups are vulnerable. The virus is a systemic infection that affects all the organs of the body, not, as was previously thought, just a respiratory disease, they say. (Sky.com)
