These satellite images show how much aerosol levels have dropped over northern India since the Covid-19 lockdown began. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/satellite-images-air-pollution-india-covid19…
Tag: Lungs
Air Pollution Falls By Unprecedented Levels In Major Global Cities During Coronavirus Lockdowns
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNN: Lockdowns restricting travel and industry imposed to halt the spread of coronavirus have resulted in unprecedented reductions in deadly air pollution around the world, new analysis shows. Major cities that suffer from the world’s worst air pollution have seen reductions of deadly particulate matter by up to 60% from the previous year, during…
What the coronavirus does to your body that makes it so deadly
How the coronavirus infects and how it makes people sick. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/what-covid19-coronavirus-does-to-body-that-makes-it-deadly…
Risky Hack Could Double Access To Ventilators As Coronavirus Peaks
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: An emergency medicine physician says she and a colleague invented a way to connect four patients to a single ventilator, a hack that could significantly increase the capacity of overburdened hospitals during the coronavirus pandemic. Doctors Greg Neyman and Charelene Irvin Babcock published a pilot study of the technique in Academic Emergency Medicine…
Pneumonia: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Pneumonia is a common infection that causes inflammation in one or both lungs. It’s typical symptoms are a cough with phlegm, fever, chills and difficulty breathing. Source: https://www.livescience.com/pneumonia.html
The Black Death Plague Just Reappeared In China
At least two people in China are under close observation and are receiving treatment for infections of the same plague that devastated Europe in the mid-1300s. The two confirmed cases originated in north China and were confirmed by doctors in Beijing earlier this week. From a report: The pneumonic variant of the plague, which affects the lungs, can easily spread to…
A Teen’s Lungs Were So Badly Damaged from Vaping, He Needed A Double Lung Transplant
The 17-year-old patient’s lungs were so severely inflamed and scarred that they had to be replaced. Source: https://www.livescience.com/teen-vaping-double-lung-transplant.html
Vaping Illnesses Linked To Vitamin E Acetate, CDC Says
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The New York Times: Vitamin E acetate, an ingredient added to THC-based products, has been identified as a “very strong culprit” in the vaping-related lung injuries (Warning: source may be paywalled; alternative source) that have sickened 2,051 people and killed more than three dozen, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday….
Fat Can Build Up in Your Lungs
Fat can accumulate in some insidious places in the body, including your lungs, a new study finds. Source: https://www.livescience.com/fat-accumulates-in-lungs-airways.html
Toxic Chemical Fumes May Be Causing Mysterious Vaping Illnesses
A new study concludes that vaping-related lung illnesses are most likely due to toxic chemical fumes, which are directly damaging patients’ lungs. Source: https://www.livescience.com/vaping-lung-injuries-toxic-fumes.html