That's how likely it is that Trump will get worse, doctors will notice
The President may not be finished by the worst of his Battle of Covid, experts warn.
The return of the presidentDonald Trump at the White House of his stay at the National Military Center of Walter Reed earlier this week suggested thatHe was out of critical hazard In his fighting fight with COVID-19. In the last memo of his doctor,Sean Conley, On October 7, he indicated that the oxygen saturation of the president, the respiratory rate and the rest of his vital "All remain stable and normal. "Conley says Trump did not have a fever in four days and showed no symptoms for more than 24 hours, adding that" does not need or received additional oxygen from an initial hospitalization. "However, the best available evidence suggests that Covid-19 does not necessarily progrise linearly. That's why some experts from infectious disease have warned thatThere is a chance that Trump can get worse and the probability is sitting at 30%, according to doctors.Read to find out why, and for more Trump care, checkThe heartbreaking side effects of Trump's Covid treatment.
Steroids could be what makes it better.
During a 7 October appearance on CNN,Robert Wachter, MD, President of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, offered its assessment ofWhat is in advance for the COVID case of the President. "The absence of fever and the absence of symptoms when someone is on steroids is a bit c since hanging your hat because steroids can make fever disappear and people feel better even if they are still nice of illness, "said Wachter. "Patients often feel invincible on steroids, but then they arrive at the top, then there is this troubleshooting and it was clearly out of breath."
Wachter added: "It's not out of the wood. It will not really until next week he would go at the end of the period during which we worry about a deterioration and a compromise. significant of his breathing. "
In a previous October 5, Wachter told Buzzfeed News that things could "go in many different directions. There must be at least30 percent chance that it worsens. "
It always risks a cytokine storm.
Covid-19 seems to have two distinct phases - viral infection that causes the disease itself, then in some cases followedExcessive reaction of the body's immune system, called a cytokine storm, which can cause serious problems. If left unchecked, this can lead to serious pulmonary damage, a failure of several organs and even death. "It's the immune system that tries to attack the virus as an external invader but also attacks your own body," said Wachter CNN. "It's justifying to give him the steroids. It is designed to tap it." And for more information on Trump's Covid case, checkThese are all Covid Trump treatments have tried.
We know that patients are known to "quickly deteriorate" one week after the start of symptoms.
Due to a potential cytokine storm, patients should be monitored closely after leaving the hospital. A week after first feeling sick, patients can undergo a second wave of symptoms. "Clinicians should be aware of thepotential for some patients to deteriorate quickly A week after the start of diseases, "disease control and prevention centers (CDC) warns in its orientations.
And the second week of a fight with the virus is the worst.
"The second week is the worst because of the fact that you have the inflammatory response to the virus"Cyric, MD, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, told Buzzfeed News. And for more symptoms to search, know thatThere is a chance of 80% you have Covid if you have this symptom.
The presence of antibodies "does not say a lot of what its course will be likely to be".
In the October 7th report, he also noted that "President's laboratories demonstrated detectable levels of IGG SARS-COV-2 antibodies, referring to Virus Covid-19. But Wachter told CNN that does not tell the complete story. "In all those who have Covid and survive, at some point you start developingAntibody against the virus, "he explained." The timing varies a bit, but it is expected that this will happen. This does not say a lot of what his journey is likely to be, because the antibodies themselves do not necessarily guarantee that he will have a Covid Benin course. And for more information on the President's Covid Battle,Sign up for our daily newsletter.
There is a chance of 1 out of 10 that he could die of Covid.
Washter remains a bit optimistic about the status of the president, but he did not exclude a potentially fatal result. "Every day he continues and does not deteriorate, his probability of a bad result decreases," he explained. "But at this point, you always say, if you took the total number of patients with COVID, as severe as he had, with the risk factors he had He always has a significant chance, probably more than 1 out of 10, to die from this episode. So there is nothing to be taken lightly. And for more epidemic of the White House, check This detail owns doctors worried about Trump's Covid case could be severe .
