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by Leary
2260 days ago
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"One of the first things we noticed was that our COVID-19 patients had a higher tolerance for hypoxia, a kind of oxygen deprivation, than typical viral pneumonia cases." Definitely heard that from doctors in NYC as well. [1] [1]: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/928156 |
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In COVID-19 cases, large areas of the lungs (article states 60% as an example) may be affected and only mild symptoms experienced until some point in time. Then comes the switch and you have sudden deterioration into critical condition.
In other viral pneumonia cases, more serious symptoms are subjectively experienced earlier, when much less area of the lungs is affected (article says 20% for H1N1).
As if the problem causing breathing trouble is strong in H1N1 from the beginning and suddenly switches on in the affected area for COVID-19 which had time to grow large beforehand.