#she has a respiratory infection :(

[mmagpye]

yeah um ok I will defend this incredibly small creature with my life wtf

#photo diary #may 2024 #she has a respiratory infection :( #we're gonna take it slow and easy

[fbwzoo]

I was busy after work yesterday until 8pm, doing various critter things - feeding Ed, then the cats, stapled carpet to new cat shelf, then went to feed the crabs and discovered moths in the tank. Cleaned the tank out, fed crabs, fed me, fed the dogs... then made new gel food for Ed, and a dry powder mix to add baby food to for a sick rat.

I meant for today to be lighter, but I failed at that. 🤦 Arte & I went to Sprouts, and I got fresh greens for Ed & some new snacks for the rodents. Came home & fed Ed, then made a batch of Chop for the rodents with the extra greens + some other things!

I swear, I'm actually not doing anything after work tomorrow. 😂

#fbw rambles #my pets #ed beardie #ratty girls #and for the hamster too #i added an 8 grain cereal and oats and millet and pearled barley to the chop #gonna give them some tonight and see what they think #Pippi is the sick ratty :( #she lost a bunch of weight and is breathing a bit hard #not sure what's up but she has a vet apt for Friday #hoping maybe it's just a respiratory infection or something #we can't afford more x-rays or bloodwork 😭 #but i hate to just give up on her either

[fingertipsmp3]

Swear to god if I was actually a proper reddit user I’d be posting the stupidest AITA posts

#so my friend rang me asking if i could print something out. mind you i got her message saying that and i was responding and she literally #didn’t even give me one minute to answer. so i answer the phone already annoyed because it’s like.. where the hell is the fire #i’m trying to eat my tea here and you make me leap out of my seat to answer the landline because you can’t wait 30 seconds for a reply. why #so i answer the phone and she sounds like she’s been crying so i’m like ‘god what’s this thing she needs me to print… a ransom note??’ #why was it a template for a gingerbread house. so i’m like ‘yes of course i’ll print it. are you okay though’ she says she has an upper #respiratory infection. i’m like ‘that’s fucked up. i’ll print your thing but are you sure you should be cooking for people’ #she’s like ‘thank you so so much ellen i’m so sorry for putting you out; i’ll pay you’ and like. here’s where i will freely admit that i was #being a dick. but i have told her a million times before to STOP offering me money for random stupid favours like printing literally one (1) #document for her or giving her kid a bag of crisps to keep her quiet or something. it drives me crazy when she does this because it makes me #feel like she’s trying to imply that i’m that much of a frugal penny pincher that i’m going to sit here and calculate how much a piece of #paper and a millilitre of ink costs me and charge for that miniscule sum. or like i view our friendship as transactional or something #which could not be further from the truth. like bitch i’d give you a kidney no questions asked. stop offering me money to print your shit #and she’s soooo apologetic over it too; she’s like apologising for being alive. and the self flagellating bullshit drives me CRAZY #like it does not cause me any trouble whatsoever to open one singular application on my phone and click two buttons. my printer is plugged #in 24-7 because that’s how it tells HP when it’s out of ink and to send more. a service i pay 99p a month for mind you. i don’t notice #i don’t care. most of the time i make my granddad buy my printer paper because he shows up here unannounced asking me to print dozens #of flyers from his club and doesn’t otherwise offer payment so i’m like ‘well can you buy some paper since i now have none’ #so what i said to her was ‘if you offer me money one more time i’m never printing anything for you again’ which i think bamboozled her #i was like ‘i’m printing it now. pick it up whenever you want just don’t offer money’ she’s like ‘but i was just thinking—‘ #‘DON’T FUCKING THINK’ yeah that was an overreaction possibly. but i was just like. i don’t want to hear your justification for why you want #to give me 5p or something for printing your stupid gingerbread house template. don’t tell me it. i disagree with it #if you want to pay for your shit to be printed that fucking badly you can go to the library #so anyway she messaged me saying ‘i’m not coming over because i don’t want to argue’ i didn’t reply but i was literally just sitting there #thinking… we don’t have to argue. i’ve told you my terms. just don’t offer me money for stupid little favours and you won’t hear an argument #from me. that’s all #i honestly feel like she’s just offering me money because she knows it makes me mad. she loves annoying me. well she’s succeeded #AITA? yes but also for the love of godddd will you just LISTEN to me. if it’s a joke it’s not fucking funny at this point it’s just annoying #personal #rant

[4filen0tfound4]

My sister didn’t make the cheer team I’m going to fucking kill everybody

#SHES BEEN WORKING SO HARD WHAT THE HELL #AND SHE WENT TO TRYOUTS WITH A FUCKING RESPIRATORY INFECTION #RESPIRATORY INFECTION !!! ADN SHE STILL DIDNT MAKE IT ??? #but some trifilin ass kids w no rhythm made the team. they should kill themselves #ty has something to say #RAGH

[pluviophile-imagines]

Ok I haven’t kept y’all Completely updated on the stray cat I found a few weeks ago but we’ve officially adopted her! Her name’s Leia and she’s so precious listen to her

#pattering on the roof #she’s TINY and adorable and so cuddly likes to curl up next to/on people #and she’s doing much better! the shelter hung onto her while she was getting treatment for her ears and fleas and stuff #she has a mild respiratory infection but we’re treating her for it and our cats r reacting to her p well!!!!

[sapinelle]

I was just at the cottage, and there’s a stray cat who has a little 6 week old kitten… and she’s really cute but she’s sick so I’ve been treating her eye infection with drops and wiping her little face but I’m almost positive she has FIV…

#sapinelle’s journal #she has an eye and respiratory infection #im pretty sure it’s caused by FIV #but I’m wondering if I should take her home or if she’s a lost cause already #I don’t know

[schwazombie]

On the one hand I feel bad for not playing with my baby baked potato so much today, and I feel like she must feel very sad and that’s why she’s sleeping so much; but on the other hand, she has a respiratory infection and lord knows she can’t breathe well right now, and she needs to sleep so she can get better

#zombie thoughts #armageddon the basset #why does my dog get sick so much actually wtf #she had a bad reaction to one of her first shots and was unwell a few days #she gets tummy aches pretty often #she got pink eye a few months ago #she had a gastrointestinal infection end of last month #now she has a respiratory infection #and on top of all that i'm relatively certain she has an anxiety disorder because sometimes she can't sleep because she's so jumpy #i'm talking it's a little breezy and the curtain moved so she jumps up and looks around and won't lie back down #she's not even a year old she'll be 9 months beginning of august #a scaredy sickly basset i guess :(

[bilalhammadsblog]

Throughout the first five months of the war, both my big sister and my sister in law had been pregnant. They had to endure constant displacement and unspeakable horrors on top of pregnancy discomforts. The few times I was able to reach my sister, she would keep praying not to go into labor before that nightmarish reality ended.

Sadly, things did not go her way. The war was raging when she gave birth to beautiful baby Ossama, and it still is ongoing. Almost at the same time my brother and his wife had sweet baby twin girls, Ritaj and Rital. The three little angels are rocked to sleep by the sound of bombs and buzzing drones instead of lullabies. Due to the unsanitary conditions in their tent and formula scarcity, the newborns have been constantly suffering from acute respiratory infections as well as slow weight gain. The only medical care they were getting was that of an overcrowded field hospital with limited resources, and even that is now denied to them as my family has been forcibly evacuated again from Rafah to Khan Yunis where nothing is left but rubble.

As you may well know, many babies in Gaza are lost while waiting for consideration. The doctors previously insisted that the little ones would fail to thrive and fully recover if they stayed in the same unhealthy environment.

Despite everything, these babies are a source of hope and strength for us. Please don't let them fade away. My family is barely holding on for their sake and that of their older brothers and sisters.

We would be forever grateful for any kind of support.

Please donate if possible and reblog as often as you can 🙏

#free palestine #freepalastine🇵🇸 #palestine 🍉

[nebula-nights-reblogs]

have a cold (and double pink eye) (nephew got me sick) and my cat (orange)(oliver) was laying in bed with me (supportive). anyways this mfer put his paw on my back when he got annoyed by my coughing fit. and then protruded a lil b of claws after I could stop it. hello.

#he speaks! #I’m so I’ll. also all of my siblings are digging on me #especially my sister whos mimicking my coughs. girl it was ur kid who gave me the pinkeye cold. #I’ve offered to see her eye to eye so maybe she can partake in my suffering but. she declines! odd. peculiar. #anyways my asmtha + inability to handle respiratory infections is beating my ass #I’m the pinnacle of misery. my screen time is 9h 11m. I’m a bad omen #crows fly the other way. I had to cancel our (small) (4 friends) Christmas party bc of this and my friend has covid #(we are twins bound by suffering). #living with small children brings up such odd issues. I’m sorry god that pink eye wasn’t on my radar. #also learning that pink eye and a cold can be like. The same thing. fucked truly

[raeathnos]

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#brb going insane #going back to part time has been good in some ways and horrible in others #pros: not as bone weary tired/not as stressed from running around like a crazy person/not having to deal with managers who I don’t like #cons: mother is being waaaaaay more emotionally abusive/also already been financially manipulated by her/father is being an asshole #also I’m poorer now 🙃 #it’s kind of a lose lose situation so I know da knew that before #the plan was to hide in my room as much as physically possible #and I am doing that to an extent but my mom broke her hip last week #and she’s home from the hospital now and my dad is like refusing to help her with anything #so I get to go to work and then come home and help her #which I wouldn’t mind but she’s giving me attitude and my dads giving me attitude #and I’ve been sick for a week but my new health insurance hasn’t kicked in yet #pretty sure I need to go to a doctor but it’s $205 without insurance and then if I need antibiotics thise won’t be covered either #so I just gotta wait #they said about 10 business days from tomorrow so uh… two weeks I guess #it’s not covid thankfully- I took an at home test and it was negative #but it would be easier to deal with if I was allowed to rest and like stopped getting yelled at #I was getting better but with the extra added shit at home it’s getting worse now instead #I think it was just like a viral respiratory infection but I’m pretty sure it’s turning into a sinus infection now #I’m so tired and there’s so much pressure in my sinuses now #I wasn’t as tired before and I just had a fever and a bad cough #now it’s all that plus congestion and a sore throat and nasal drip and headaches and achy mess #so my life which was already hell gets to be even more of one until my new insurance kicks in #ugh #we need to leave

[feminist-space]

"Seminario cited the recent report, “Employer-Reported Workplace Injuries and Illnesses,” that shows that the number of respiratory illnesses in the private health care and social assistance sector increased from 145,300 in 2021 to 199,700 cases in 2022, an increase of 37.5 percent.

...

As an industrial hygienist, Seminario was extremely critical that there were no experts in respiratory protection on the committee nor did it include engineers who developed ventilation guidelines. She believes that the HICPAC committee members are likely so opposed to respirators “because once you are into recommending respiratory protection, with that comes a full respiratory protection program from OSHA,” with penalties for violations.

An epidemiologist and consultant, Michael Olesen, echoed this, believing the changes reflect “pressure to remove liability from hospitals.” He added, “I take a very clear position that we should be having respiratory protection mandates in all healthcare settings right now.”

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Many patients who spoke at the HICPAC meetings said they had gotten Covid-19 when they went to the hospital and that the new policies were keeping them from getting care.

Given that, Dr. Art Caplan, professor of medical ethics at New York University’s Grossman School of Medicine, previously told me that dropping masking requirements in hospitals is “utterly, completely, irresponsible.” Similarly, staff refusing to mask, even when a patient requests it, is a moral failure. “The first principle is, you must do what is in the best interest of your patient,” he said.

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Several people were asked why they believe HICPAC is determined to water down protections. Consistently, respondents say, “to reduce liability.” Earlier in the pandemic, hospitals regularly tested patients and staff for Covid-19, and you could often tell where and how you became infected. Since staff are no longer masking and continue working when ill, and patients are not being tested on admission, you can no longer prove who infected you. Hospitals are the only ones who win in this scenario, absolving themselves of responsibility and liability."

#healthcare system complicity #this is immoral and unethical #cdc #hicpac #wear a mask #keep masks in healthcare #covid #rsv #flu #masks #respirators #n95 masks

[fangirl-dot-com]

what does mitch look like? like does she have a face claim?! and vito?? (i couldn’t tell which one was which in imola)

ok so here we go! - thank you to whoever asked for this!!

this was a tag worthy post I believe :)

face claim - Amal Clooney

Meet Michelle "Mitch" Walker - Y/n L/n's race engineer

She has been at Red Bull since 2020, but was an actual engineer for the cars. She graduated with a Masters in Engineering and interned under Adrian Newey. She is currently in her late-30's and not married.

She was a bit skeptical when she was told by Christian that she'd be a rookie's race engineer, but when she saw you and your times on the sim, she was hooked.

She can be seen wearing her favorite big sunnies during race weekends and carries her gray notebook everywhere she goes. As a part of a ritual, she always drinks an iced Americano before a race.

For future references, she stays Y/n L/n's race engineer until said racer retires. She will have served under two different team principals by the end of her carrier (but I'm not saying who the second is hehe).

no face claim - Italian, short beard, and a whole lot of love for Y/n

Meet Vito Accardi - Y/n L/n's manager

Vito had been a part of an organization of people who lend out unofficial managers to younger racers who don't already have one. He was assigned to Y/n L/n in 2018 when she first joined F4. He, like most people, thought that she had raw talent and he wanted to stay with her.

Fast forward to 2019 and F3, Vito was officially Y/n L/n's manager, hired by her godfather Lorenzo. He has no plans to leave anytime soon.

He has a Public Relations Degree along with degree in Business. On the side, he runs his own line of go karts. He has mentioned that he was only able to start it due to the kindness of Y/n and Lorenzo.

For further references, Vito stays with Y/n until her retirement. After that, he ends up being asked to be godfather of her second child. Of course he agrees and tears are shed.

face claim - Brendan Taggart

Meet Lorenzo "Enzo" Alessandrino - Y/n L/n's Godfather

Lorenzo had been Y/F/N L/n's best friend growing up after meeting at boarding school, but distanced himself after he saw how awful he truly was. Only came back into his life after the birth of Y/n. Surprisingly, he was named godfather and he took that to heart.

Being a major business man and influential figure in karting and Formula racing, he couldn't possibly be near the girl all the time. But after finding out what you had been going through, he wishes that he would have fought for custody. Maybe then you could have grown up with other kids such as Logan Sargeant, Oscar Piastri, Mick Schumacher, and Arthur Leclerc. But, he couldn't dwell on the past.

Everyone thought he was pretty poor as he didn't like to flaunt his wealth everywhere, but they were wrong. Pretty much one of the wealthiest persons the time of his death.

Gave Y/n L/n a second chance at karting and formula racing as he fought for sponsors to agree on the younger girl (most said no due to age and gender, but he never gave up).

Late in 2019, he caught pneumonia, which turned into a fatal respiratory tract infection. He died in early 2020 after falling into a coma. The only person to ever show up was Y/n L/n

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[according2thelore]

after chuck dies, dean starts having pain in his shoulder. just his left shoulder. it's constant, and it throbs. and it throbs. and it throbs.

sam tries to buy something at the grocery store, and all their cards get declined. he tries to set up new cards when he gets back to the bunker, but suddenly tricks that have been working for ten years don't work anymore.

dean's ears ring when the room's quiet enough to hear. sam's jaw starts hurting from how hard he grinds his teeth in his sleep.

when they go on hunts, there aren't any more non-chain motels. no more local "riverside inns" or "quick sleep-n-stays" or "parkway motels." it's all motel six, motel six, best western, econolodges, motel six. places they've been staying their entire lives barely exist anymore. the rare local places like "philly red carpet suite" they do find are few and far between, and one foot in the grave.

sam gets an upper respiratory infection that lasts weeks. he can't seem to shake it. when they go to a doctor, their fake insurance bounces. dean gets stabbed in the leg by a ghoul on a hunt, and the scar twinges until he dies.

sam has internet connectivity issues that he's never had before, and has to rewire the entire bunker to access his basic files.

baby needs four time the gas she used to, and sam and dean notice that every drive across america seems to take hours more than before. it takes them five hours to dig up their next grave, and they get caught more than once.

for the first time in forty-five years, dean winchester gets actually, properly drunk, and he's laid out all day, throwing up miserably into the toilet.

sam has to get a brace for his back, years bent over tables and computers making the low throb in his spine ever-present.

they break into a museum to pull an artifact, and the cops show up in a matter of minutes, tripped by some silent alarm that they don't know the location of.

it's harder to get victims to talk to them on hunts. for some reason, no one seems to believe them anymore when they say they're FBI or grief counsellors or park rangers or restaurant investors.

it's not a lot, but it's enough for them to notice. the world doesn't work for the winchesters anymore. it doesn't revolve around them.

there is no author to make it easy.

#death of the author #quite literally #lizzy writes #supernatural #spn

[drawing-prompt-s]

GoFundMe: Getting the kitten to the vet...

for a rabies shot, FIV testing, and a possible upper respiratory infection!

So someone sent in the last $305 I needed while I was asleep. I'm transferring it to my account now which means I'm a) shutting off the GFM as soon as the transfers process and b) taking in the kitten as soon as the money becomes available to me - so likely by Friday I'll take her in, or Saturday or Monday (they do half days Saturday, and are closed Monday).

GoFundMe Link Paypal Link

Venmo Link Cashapp Link

Multiple payment options available because I am typically asked for alternatives to GFM and PP.

$350 / $350

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INFORMATION + VIDEO UNDER THE CUT!

From the GoFundMe description:

Hello!

So, unplanned, there is a new kitten in the house as of Feb. 22, 2024. (Not Jolene's, she is fixed). When at my friend's house - where I will be moving in a few months - we found out that a cat that comes to visit often is not only owned, but a mom. However, the neighbor doesn't want the kittens, so he always puts them outside and leaves them there. I could no, in my right mind, leave the kitten outside by a trashcan and under a tire in February of all months, so I brought her home.

So far I have treated her for hookworms, given her the vaccines I can do myself, and looked into getting a spay voucher from one of the local shelters. The kitten is roughly 3 months old.

However, current concerns are that she may have an upper respiratory infection (and there is always the concern that she could be FIV+). She has an inflamed eye with a regular and concerning amount of discharge and has for a few days. I have also caught her sneezing and she has started coughing on more than a few occasions. She also has a few other signs of sickness - anemia, the runs, and some blood spotted in it. If it is a URI, I need to catch it as fast as possible because I also have Jolene, my 3 year old cat. She absolutely also needs FIV testing and a rabies shot because of that, and because where we are moving there are other cats.

Jolene and the kitten have both been getting along well. The kitten loves to follow her around and Jolene acts more like the disgruntled big sister (don't let her fool you, I have caught them playing regularly - she just needs her alone adult time too).

I have already altered a bit of my projected finances and removed money from my savings to care for the kitten and help her. But there is only so far that can go as I also need to be able to afford gas, food, and furniture for the upcoming move (I'm going to start buying things soon so I can put it together and move my stuff prior to the official move date). I was trying to put off a full vet visit until sending the kitten in for a spay, but with her eye and the possibility of infection spreading to other cats, it can no longer wait.

I am shutting off this GFM as soon as I reach the goal. The vet said to budget for a little more than $300, between the base cost of a visit, FIV testing, rabies, and potential treatment for an Upper Respiratory Infection- assuming it's nothing too major. And I added a little more to what I am expecting because GFM does take a fee from donations.

If the kitten does end up being FIV+ we do have rehoming options available or I will find someone better suited to handle an FIV+ cat (either already having one of their own or a home with no pets).

I tried to take a video of the eye, but as you can imagine, a 3 month old kitten isn't the most keen on staying still, haha.

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Let me add in the breakdown as well, now that I think about it:

Base cost for my vet to see a new cat (even as a pre-established client with other cats treated there): $100

FIV testing: $40

Rabies (and other vaccines I may be missing I was unable to do myself): $35 - $45

And the vet recommended budgeting about $100 for medications depending on what they find (if she still has worms, if she has other parasites due to being outside untreated, if she has a URI like the current concern is): $100

The rest is tax, the % upcharge for using a card, and to negate the fees that GFM with-drawls from each donation.

#prompt prophet #promphet #gofundme #mutual aid #kitten #cat

[swampgallows]

Now we know how COVID attacks your heart

Even patients with mild COVID symptoms could face a higher risk of developing heart disease and stroke

By Sanjay Mishra Nov 07, 2023 04:08 PM 5 min. read

Scientists have noticed that COVID-19 can trigger serious cardiovascular problems, especially among older people who have a buildup of fatty material in their blood vessels. But now a new study has revealed why and shown that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, directly infects the arteries of the heart.

The study also found that the virus can survive and grow inside the cells that form plaque—the buildup of fat-filled cells that narrow and stiffen the arteries leading to atherosclerosis. If the plaque breaks, it can block blood flow and cause a heart attack or a stroke. The SARS-CoV-2 infection makes the situation worse by inflaming the plaque and increasing the chance that it breaks free.

This can explain long-term cardiovascular effects seen in some, if not all, COVID-19 patients.

SARS-CoV-2 virus has already been found to infect many organs outside the respiratory system. But until now it hadn't been shown to attack the arteries.

"No one was really looking if there was a direct effect of the virus on the arterial wall," says Chiara Giannarelli, a cardiologist at NYU Langone Health, in New York, who led the study. Giannarelli noted that her team detected viral RNA—the genetic material in the virus—in the coronary arteries. “You would not expect to see [this] several months after recovering from COVID.”

Mounting evidence now shows that SARS-CoV-2 is not only a respiratory virus, but it can also affect the heart and many other organ systems, says Ziyad Al-Aly, a clinical epidemiologist at Washington University in St. Louis. Al-Aly's research has shown that the risk of developing heart and cardiovascular diseases, including heart failure, stroke, irregular heart rhythms, cardiac arrest, and blood clots increases two to five times within a year of COVID-19, even when the person wasn't hospitalized.

"This important study links, for the first time, directly the SARS-CoV-2 virus with atherosclerotic plaque inflammation," says Charalambos Antoniades, chair of cardiovascular medicine at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom.

Virus triggers the inflammation in plaque

A recent study of more than 800,000 people led by Fabio Angeli, a cardiologist at University of Insubria in Varese, Italy, has shown that COVID-19 patients develop high blood pressure twice as often as others. More worrying is that the risk of cardiac diseases can also rise for patients who suffered only mild COVID symptoms.

"I saw a patient who now has a defibrillator, and she didn't even have a severe [COVID] illness," says Bernard Gersh, a cardiologist at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.

Wondering whether the cardiovascular damage during COVID was due to the virus directly attacking the blood vessels, the NYU team analyzed autopsied tissue from the coronary arteries and plaque of older people who had died from COVID-19. They found the virus was present in the arteries regardless of whether the fatty plaques were big or small.

"The original finding in this study is that the virus was convincingly found in the plaque in the coronary artery," says Juan Carlos Kaski, a cardiovascular specialist at St George's, University of London, who was not involved in the study.

The NYU team found that in the arteries, the virus predominantly colonized the white blood cells called macrophages. Macrophages are immune cells that are mobilized to fight off an infection, but these same cells also absorb excess fats—including cholesterol from blood. When microphages load too much fat, they change into foam cells, which can increase plaque formation.

To confirm that the virus was indeed infecting and growing in the cells of the blood vessels, scientists obtained arterial and plaque cells—including macrophages and foam cells—from healthy volunteers. Then they grew these cells in the lab in petri dishes and infected them with SARS-CoV-2.

Giannarelli found that although virus infected macrophages at a higher rate than other arterial cells, it did not replicate in them to form new infectious particles. But when the macrophages had become loaded with cholesterol and transformed into foam cells, the virus could grow, replicate, and survive longer.

"We found that the virus tended to persist longer in foam cells," says Giannarelli. That suggests that foam cells might act as a reservoir of SARS-CoV-2. Since more fatty buildup would mean a greater number of foam cells, plaque can increase the persistence of the virus or the severity of COVID-19.

Scientists found that when macrophages and foam cells were infected with SARS-CoV-2 they released a surge of small proteins known as cytokines, which signal the immune system to mount a response against a bacterial or viral infection. In arteries, however, cytokines boost inflammation and formation of even more plaque.

"We saw that there was a degree of inflammation [caused] by the virus that could aggravate atherosclerosis and cardiovascular events," says Giannarelli.

These findings also confirm previous reports that measuring inflammation in the blood vessel wall can diagnose the extent of long-term cardiovascular complications after COVID-19, says Antoniades.

"What this study has found is that plaque rupture can be accelerated and magnified by the presence of the virus," says Kaski.

Understanding heart diseases after COVID

While this new research clearly shows that SARS-CoV-2 can infect, grow, and persist in the macrophages of plaques and arterial cells, more studies are needed to fully understand the many ways COVID-19 can alter cardiac health.

"The NYU study identifies one potential mechanism, especially the viral reservoir, to explain the possible effects" says Gersh. "But It's not going to be the only mechanism."

This study only analyzed 27 samples from eight elderly deceased patients, all of whom already had coronary artery disease and were infected with the original strains of virus. So, the results of this study do not necessarily apply to younger people without coronary artery disease; or to new variants of the virus, which cause somewhat milder disease, says Angeli.

"We do not know if this will happen in people who have been vaccinated," says Kaski. "There are lots of unknowns."

It is also not clear whether and to what extent the high inflammatory reaction observed in the arteries of patients within six months after the infection, as shown in the new study, will last long-enough to trigger new plaque formation. "New studies are needed to show the time-course of the resolution of vascular inflammation after the infection," says Antoniades.

COVID patients should watch for any new incidence of shortness of breath with exertion, chest discomfort, usually with exertion, palpitations, loss of consciousness; and talk to their physician about possible heart disease.

#covid #covid 19 #long covid #national geographic #sars cov 2

[emptygoldstudio]

My Chrysalis for mlp infection au 🦠😷💉

In continuation to these posts: first second

After more or less healing up after her first encounter with an aggressive infected, Chrysalis has a hard decision to make: leave the shelter to be on her own, with fewer than ever sources for changeling like her to survive, in a world that changed severely due to infection and time, that went while she has been trapped in the stone, OR to stay in a shelter and have bottled love given to her for helping on a crucial deliveries between shelters through dangerous regions. As impossible as it seemed to ponies that Chrysalis agreed, her huge ego and pride couldnt overcome the understanding, that she would struggle to survive, let alone plan any revenge.

Chrysalis doesnt interact much with anyone if its not about delivery missions, rarely talks if it isnt some sharp remarks and seemingly is more aggressive and anxious than usual. Is it a side effect of the contamination she went through, or ponies doesnt know that queen feels that something is coming soon … (continuation?)

Text from pictures:

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Bottled love

Experimental vaccine

Personalized bag

Emergency bag with clean syringes(mostly for Chrysalis in case of another attack)

This respirator had to be designed specifically for Chrysalis. While the main part only had to be reshaped a bit due to mouth area being close to the pony size, straps lengths and placement had to be changed.

Unlike ponies, wearing a same model, Chrysalis'es upper strap goes right behind a horn and additional patch added to the side with damaged cheek. Better models of respiratory protection for her are in development still

Deliveries with raw materials, medicine and other first emergency items

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Scarred cheek from an attack by infected

Scarred ear

In contrast to ponies eye, that has mostly water with thin oil layers, or regular changeling eye, that is protected by thin chitin coating, Chrysalis'es eyes have mostly oil with chitin layer. That oil protects big eyes(with near to 320 degrees vision) from infection spores getting in the organism

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