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> Jacobson's team says in their paper that "The pathology of Covid-19 is likely > the result of Bradykinin Storms rather than cytokine storms," which had been > previously identified in Covid-19 patients, but that "The two may be > intricately linked." Other papers had previously identified bradykinin storms > as a possible cause of Covid-19's pathologies. > > According to the researchers, bradykinin storms could create arrhythmias and > low blood pressure, which are often seen in Covid-19 patients. > > Jacobson told me, "It is a reasonable hypothesis that many of the > neurological symptoms in Covid-19 could be due to an excess of bradykinin. It > has been reported that bradykinin would indeed be likely to increase the > permeability of the blood-brain barrier. In addition, similar neurological > symptoms have been observed in other diseases that result from an excess of > bradykinin." > > Increased bradykinin levels could also account for other common Covid-19 > symptoms. > > The similarities between ACE inhibitor side effects and Covid-19 symptoms > strengthen the bradykinin hypothesis, the researchers say. > > Though still an emerging theory, the bradykinin hypothesis explains several > other of Covid-19's seemingly bizarre symptoms. > > The bradykinin hypothesis provides a model that "Contributes to a better > understanding of Covid-19" and "Adds novelty to the existing literature," > according to scientists Frank van de Veerdonk, Jos WM van der Meer, and Roger > Little, who peer-reviewed the team's paper. On 9/2/20 11:04 AM, Merle Lefkoff wrote: > https://elemental.medium.com/a-supercomputer-analyzed-covid-19-and-an-interesting-new-theory-has-emerged-31cb8eba9d63 -- ↙↙↙ uǝlƃ - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/
