May 11. 2020

This is a follow up to the article "Reports Confirm Obesity And Compromised Immune System Linked To Severity Of Coronavirus Infections As Previously Stated On The Site." In the April 10, 2020 article I stated "Overweight and elderly are high risk groups who need immediate medical care and monitoring once they begin showing symptoms of the coronavirus. In overweight people the body is not converting enough CO2. That's the deficiency. It can lead to a host of medical problems and complications, given the wrong environment and circumstances."

CO2 is Carbon Dioxide. A month later on May 4, 2020, in an article published on Yahoo.com, in reference to coronavirus sufferers, stated about CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) and its involvement in a newly coined condition called Happy Hypoxics, "'The brain is tuned to monitoring the carbon dioxide with various sensors,' Paul Davenport, a respiratory physiologist at the University of Florida, told Science Magazine. 'We don’t sense our oxygen levels.' This means that people will be able to breathe comfortably, despite low blood-oxygen levels, until their lungs can no longer expel carbon dioxide, sending alarming signals to the brain."

Therefore, my article a month prior was indeed correct regarding CO2 and coronavirus (Reports Confirm Obesity And Compromised Immune System Linked To Severity Of Coronavirus Infections As Previously Stated On The Site).

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Mysterious ‘happy hypoxics’: What doctors know about the latest coronavirus condition

May 4, 2020 - Doctors are learning that what’s happening outside a coronavirus patient is not a true reflection of what’s happening on the inside. Patients with COVID-19 — the disease the virus causes — with dangerously low blood-oxygen levels appear to have normal breathing, yet such levels usually amount to unconsciousness or even death, according to U.S. doctors.

The phenomenon is called hypoxia, and medical professionals are trying to figure out if early detection along with home monitoring can make the difference between life or death, especially now that most people are afraid to step foot in a hospital.

“It’s intriguing to see so many people coming in, quite how hypoxic they are,” Dr. Jonathan Bannard-Smith, a consultant in critical care and anesthesia at Manchester Royal Infirmary in England, told The Guardian. “We’re seeing oxygen saturations that are very low and they’re unaware of that. … It’s very much more profound and an example of very abnormal physiology going on before our eyes.”

Normal blood-oxygen levels tend to stand between 95% and 100%; anything below the minimum can lead to shortness of breath, rapid heartbeat and chest pain, according to Healthline.

But COVID-19 patients don’t seem to be showing these symptoms, despite having oxygen saturation levels in the 80s or 70s, with some pushing below 50%, The Guardian reported. Clinicians are calling them “happy hypoxics.” These levels are similar to those of people in high altitudes, such as mountain climbers. Part of the reason is that the brain is not equipped to monitor drops in oxygen levels.

“The brain is tuned to monitoring the carbon dioxide with various sensors,” Paul Davenport, a respiratory physiologist at the University of Florida, told Science Magazine. “We don’t sense our oxygen levels.”

This means that people will be able to breathe comfortably, despite low blood-oxygen levels, until their lungs can no longer expel carbon dioxide, sending alarming signals to the brain.

Other possible explanations are simply unknown, scientists admit. There’s growing evidence that SARS-CoV-2 — the virus driving the pandemic — can cause clots to form in the blood. The clots could then block oxygen flowing through tiny, already-inflamed vessels in the lungs from entering the bloodstream.

To combat this, some doctors are experimenting with blood thinners to prevent and treat severe COVID-19 complications, outlets report. A pulmonologist from São Paulo, Brazil, gave heparin — a common blood thinner — to a patient who had breathing troubles and circulatory problems in her toes, and both issues recovered, according to Science Magazine...

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