COVID 19, CPAP, Ventilator MEGA THREAD...everything go here please

palerider wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 05, 2020 11:46 pm

alancalan wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 05, 2020 11:20 pm

So, let's say I get Covid 19 but stay at home because there is no hospital space, you are saying I'm better off with the aircurve 10 VPAP than the other of the ResMed BiPAP machines as they are not so good for apnea even though they are better for ventilator type functions. And I also assume you're saying you can hook up oxygen to either the S9 or the auto curve 10 VPAP if need be and of course that would be better than nothing. My other option is stick with the S9 and just wait and see if there is something like an aircurve 11 VPAP that has more ventilator functions because of what ResMed is seeing now. The thing is it's time for me to get another machine so do I do it now and get the air curve 11 and then have to wait five years for the next machine that comes out.

I'm not interested in speculating about the slim chance that you'll need a ventilator and not be able to get into a hospital.

I'm telling you that a ST-A will give you poor treatment for sleep apnea.

There's no indication whatsoever of an "aircurve 11".

alancalan wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 06, 2020 9:27 am

If I get Covid will the S9 allow fire the attachment of oxygen?

Human pathogenic coronaviruses (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus [SARS-CoV] and SARS-CoV-2) bind to their target cells through angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), which is expressed by epithelial cells of the lung, intestine, kidney, and blood vessels.4 The expression of ACE2 is substantially increased in patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, who are treated with ACE inhibitors and angiotensin II type-I receptor blockers (ARBs).4 Hypertension is also treated with ACE inhibitors and ARBs, which results in an upregulation of ACE2.5 ACE2 can also be increased by thiazolidinediones and ibuprofen. These data suggest that ACE2 expression is increased in diabetes and treatment with ACE inhibitors and ARBs increases ACE2 expression. Consequently, the increased expression of ACE2 would facilitate infection with COVID-19. We therefore hypothesise that diabetes and hypertension treatment with ACE2-stimulating drugs increases the risk of developing severe and fatal COVID-19.

raisedfist wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 07, 2020 12:24 pm

So for those at you largely at home, what are you doing to occupy yourselves?

I've been trying to work online/on the phone here and there, but for whatever reason I don't have the energy most days. Perhaps anxiety and/or lack of good sleep.

I need to start to develop more positive habits. Instead I am reaching for extra cookies and vegging on the couch.

jimbud wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 07, 2020 10:42 am

From THE LANCET:

Human pathogenic coronaviruses (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus [SARS-CoV] and SARS-CoV-2) bind to their target cells through angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), which is expressed by epithelial cells of the lung, intestine, kidney, and blood vessels.4 The expression of ACE2 is substantially increased in patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, who are treated with ACE inhibitors and angiotensin II type-I receptor blockers (ARBs).4 Hypertension is also treated with ACE inhibitors and ARBs, which results in an upregulation of ACE2.5 ACE2 can also be increased by thiazolidinediones and ibuprofen. These data suggest that ACE2 expression is increased in diabetes and treatment with ACE inhibitors and ARBs increases ACE2 expression. Consequently, the increased expression of ACE2 would facilitate infection with COVID-19. We therefore hypothesise that diabetes and hypertension treatment with ACE2-stimulating drugs increases the risk of developing severe and fatal COVID-19.

This may be one reason why people with diabetes and hypertension are dying.
I was thinking it was just having the diseases.

I was wrong.

JPB

The publication in The Lancet journal, after all, was what that journal calls a commentary. Unlike scientific articles, these are not peer-reviewed. “Commentary means: These are our opinions,” says Krutika Kuppalli, an infectious disease physician in California and Emerging Leader in Biosecurity Fellow at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. “It does not mean there is medical evidence. I don’t think there is any literature on this.”--https://www.wired.com/story/the-ibuprof ... 19-rumors/

raisedfist wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 07, 2020 12:24 pm

So for those at you largely at home, what are you doing to occupy yourselves?

I've been trying to work online/on the phone here and there, but for whatever reason I don't have the energy most days. Perhaps anxiety and/or lack of good sleep.

I need to start to develop more positive habits. Instead I am reaching for extra cookies and vegging on the couch.

jnk... wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 07, 2020 6:01 pm

jimbud wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 07, 2020 10:42 am

From THE LANCET:




You are most definitely a "stickler". Just in denial.
You are also right. (sticklerly speaking) I attempted to clarify.

Please stickler that.

JPB

babydinosnoreless wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 08, 2020 9:28 am

Interesting numbers from Arizona. Per capita our northern areas are getting hit much harder than down south where we are now hitting 80+ degrees.

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zonker wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 08, 2020 10:40 am

babydinosnoreless wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 08, 2020 9:28 am

Interesting numbers from Arizona. Per capita our northern areas are getting hit much harder than down south where we are now hitting 80+ degrees.

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coconino county!?!?!? glad i left!

do you happen to know if this is hitting the native american population up there?

btw, for others reading, counties in arizona are HUGE.

eta: derp! never mind. i was so focused on coconino that i didn't see navajo county right next to it.

babydinosnoreless wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 08, 2020 11:10 am

Trump brought in the feds to help the Navajo nation. Meanwhile down in the valley we are already dropping far below projections and that is with most of the valley pretty much ignoring the stay at home orders.

There is much talk today about moving the mlb season here.

https://www.si.com/mlb/2020/04/07/mlb-e ... s-outbreak

zonker wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 08, 2020 11:15 am

babydinosnoreless wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 08, 2020 11:10 am

Trump brought in the feds to help the Navajo nation. Meanwhile down in the valley we are already dropping far below projections and that is with most of the valley pretty much ignoring the stay at home orders.

There is much talk today about moving the mlb season here.

https://www.si.com/mlb/2020/04/07/mlb-e ... s-outbreak

after i asked that, i realized i don't know how the native population here is fairing. suppose i should look it up.

i hope that baseball is very cautious in this regard. it's that rebound effect i'm concerned about now.

plus, who wants to play ball in 120 degree weather?