And new analysis released on passengers for of the Diamond Princess cruise ship found lung damage in 54% of the asymptomatic cases:
Bad News: 54% of asymptomatic cases and 79% of COVID-19 symptomatic cases on the Diamond Princess had ground-glass abnormalities in their CT scans.https://t.co/kuPkTW7mFa
— Paul Bohm (@paulbohm) April 22, 2020
According to information released, “these patients did not report any sensation of breathing problems, even though their chest X-rays showed diffuse pneumonia and their oxygen was below normal”:
"And here is what really surprised us: These patients did not report any sensation of breathing problems, even though their chest X-rays showed diffuse pneumonia and their oxygen was below normal. How could this be?"
— Paul Bohm (@paulbohm) April 22, 2020
Researchers are calling this “silent hypoxia”:
"We are just beginning to recognize that Covid pneumonia initially causes a form of oxygen deprivation we call “silent hypoxia” — “silent” because of its insidious, hard-to-detect nature."https://t.co/qFgRazThN1
— Paul Bohm (@paulbohm) April 22, 2020
This is a good reminder that “asymptomatic” doesn’t mean there is not damage to the body:
“Asymptomatic” actually means “symptoms not visible.” Real long-term damage to people who get COVID and don’t know it. https://t.co/XvFPFRU4Y4
— tedfrank (wear a mask ? ) (@tedfrank) April 23, 2020
This is also why fingertip pulse oximeters have sold out everywhere as they might be able to predict when someone is in distress and not showing symptoms:
See thread. So-called "asymptomatic" cases are actually suffering from oxygen deprivation that has far-reaching implications on health. https://t.co/15SMMdkiDB
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) April 23, 2020
And it shows that we’re still learning so much about the disease which makes calls for herd immunity “not a serious option”:
Again, folks: simply letting COVID run through the population is not a serious option https://t.co/YkL7nZecmd
— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) April 23, 2020
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