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GB_RN

(3,540 posts)
21. From What I Can Tell...
Wed Jan 19, 2022, 02:36 PM
Jan 2022

It sounds like it messed up his heart and/or his kidneys*, if he's having to "monitor [his] volume". Fluid volume overload is a real threat when the kidneys don't work or the heart can't pump efficiently or both. If the left side of the heart doesn't pump well, fluid backs in the lungs, and puts pressure on the right side of the heart as it tries to pump against that fluid build up, eventually causing the right side to fail. If the right side doesn't pump well, fluid backs up below it (in the liver, abdomen, knees, feet, etc). It puts pressure on the kidneys and the left side of the heart, eventually causing it to fail (still simple version).

If the kidneys don't - or can't - remove fluid efficiently, it backs up in the whole circulatory system...and causes a massive cascade effect, too.

*COVID has been documented from the start to be capable of causing heart and kidney damage. That's in addition to the documented clotting disorders (increased incidents of strokes in COVID patients), neurological damage and other long-term effects. COVID is a beast of a disease, and just because you get over the acute illness phase doesn't mean COVID is done with you.

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Interesting - but I'm going to do my own research on Google and Tik Toc packman Jan 2022 #1
I can tell, from reading your DU journal, that you've already done so much. littlemissmartypants Jan 2022 #2
Tik Toc? Seriously? How about Lancet or other professional medical journals. Too "educated?" Evolve Dammit Jan 2022 #6
I take packman's post as satire. . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2022 #8
not the topic or time to be satirical. What's the point? It fails to be humorous. Evolve Dammit Jan 2022 #9
Gallows humor always has a place as does satire to mock the ridiculous. Lucky Luciano Jan 2022 #10
Going out on a limb here and guessing Rural_Progressive Jan 2022 #12
And who are you to determine when the time is right? babylonsister Jan 2022 #13
Really! packman Jan 2022 #17
I thought you were serious. Sorry. Battle fatigue and friends/ family dead. Evolve Dammit Jan 2022 #18
Can't believe how anyone could take it otherwise packman Jan 2022 #16
Looks like cement lung... babylonsister Jan 2022 #3
Yes empedocles Jan 2022 #4
That's Exactly What This Is... GB_RN Jan 2022 #5
"IF". babylonsister Jan 2022 #14
Yup... GB_RN Jan 2022 #15
Cement lung candidate? Rocknation Jan 2022 #20
From What I Can Tell... GB_RN Jan 2022 #21
Apologies for not including the link Rocknation Jan 2022 #22
A recently revealed electron microscope image showed millions of engorged cells Ford_Prefect Jan 2022 #7
I didn't allow the hysteria to distract me from getting my other vaccines on schedule Rocknation Jan 2022 #11
Same here. I got both my flu and pneumonia shots as well as the vaccine and booster. Rhiannon12866 Jan 2022 #19
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