When I was 15, (> 45 years ago) I had double pneumonia and I was
hospitalized for 10 days. It seemed like weeks.
Two large penicillin injections in my rump each day. Breathing
treatments every hour at the beginning and then less frequently as I
improved. You wouldn't believe the amount of crap I managed to cough
up. The breathing solution was some type of saline solution. You could
do almost the same thing by inhaling saline mist. Think spray bottle,
etc. It didn't taste good but it loosened the phlegm.
I was never put on a ventilator.
At the beginning I waited for each breathing treatment. Breathing was
hard and painful. And I was in great shape at the time. I was an avid
bike rider and did more than 100 miles per day sometimes. So I've
been there, and I'm not looking forward to a repeat. Once is enough.
Keeping your lungs inflated is really important.
A CPAPs primary purpose is to keep your airways inflated. Its my
understanding that a Ventilator does the same thing, except that it
periodically drops the pressure so you can exhale easier (if you can
exhale) and it also injects some oxygen as well. Of course most
people on Ventilators are also intubated. Not so with a CPAP.
If you have an Oxy-fuel welding setup, you have an oxygen tank.
Medical oxygen flowmeters are cheap, but a tig/mig welding flow meter
could work as well. Not a lot of flow is needed unless you are in
really bad shape, and likely not needed all of the time. (Typical flows
are on the web)
Oximeters are also cheap. A lot of people already have them.
Pray you don't need a real ventilator.
What you are coughing up will tell you a lot:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6303513/What-does-colour-phlegm-mean-cold-pneumonia-lung-cancer.html
Dave
On 3/24/2020 11:02 AM, dave engvall wrote:
Implications?
Gleaned from a medical site.
"Coronavirus is enveloped, meaning the virus has coating on the
outside of it. As it happens, the envelope means that the virus
doesn’t survive well outside of the body—they usually can’t last
longer than 24 hours outside of the body and usually only last less
than 12. This is a good thing in terms of containing an outbreak. It
also means coronavirus can be killed by hand sanitizer and soaps,
which isn’t the case with other types of viruses (most notoriously
norovirus), so your biggest defense against coronavirus is washing
your hands. The problem with viral envelopes is that they allow the
virus to more easily evade your immune system. So, the enveloped virus
has a disadvantage outside of a person, but once it gets in, the
envelope gives it a dangerous edge. Enveloped viruses (which include
influenza) tend to cause longer, more problematic infections for this
reason and are more difficult to develop a vaccine for because of the
envelope".
Remember, FDA regs are meant to be all encompassing not just virus
specific. A virus is an obligate intracellular parasite. They are not
very tough extracellular. I think this makes the sterility barrier
much lower. However, a damp warm environment is just perfect for
bacterial and fungal growth. Still having a sub micron filter in line
screens a lot of junk.
Changing subjects slightly I read an unconfirmed note that one of the
early symptoms of corona virus infection was a loss of smell.
Interesting but single source.
Dave
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