Dealing with an unknown virus was a challenge to begin with and she was stunned by how quickly some patients would slip beyond help. You know to quote theyre here talking with us even making calls to their families than 2 hours later we have to ventilate them. The doctors on the unit keep all patients under close observation constantly measuring their blood oxygen levels and sharing their impressions with one another. Its becoming apparent that covert 19 is not only about the lungs it damages the kidneys to. People in the loop they all get blood thinners this is things you know gradually learn on the job that its not purely a pathological monkey condition its something that really affects the whole body so its also for researchers like danny yon it can use that kind of experience. He says the corona virus has little in common with influenza. A pathologist at hanovers in hospital yannick and his team analyzed tissue samples from deceased cofa 1000 patients their findings are staggering. Part of this weve come to realize that almost 50 percent of intensive care patients actually develop acute kidney failure is just the lungs get to them before that those who yawn accies koeppen 1000 as less of a long affliction and much more of a fast killer illness. A severely ill coronavirus patient develops embolisms or blockages in blood vessels. On top of that within hours uncontrolled excess tissue growth sets in. The oxygen demand is probably so great that under the stress of infection the body tries to supply itself with more oxygen by creating new blood vessels but it doesnt work for half an. Yonex findings have spread rapidly through the medical world as a result 12 International Teams have formed to continue with the research. Does the virus cause excess tissue growth or is it the bodys final cry for help. We still dont know if the fresh blood vessel tissue from the major New Discovery weve made actually something which is positive or negative is it perhaps something that shouldnt be triggered or is it beneficial and needs encouragement. Is the answer could offer the basis for new ways of treating covert 19 but since it will probably take a few more years to understand doctors like heston meyer will have to keep a vigilant eye on their patients. Well lets speak to christophe spin a consultant physician in Infectious Diseases at the Technical University of munich thanks for joining us dr spinner so we know corona virus starts to attack the body via the airways and love but what we didnt what do we know about its effects on other parts of the body. Well suit your ring the 1st ready for the covert 1000 pandemic and there may we have learned pretty much well we expected in the very beginning isolated long involvement we now have learned to can already affect every cell of the body and this was in like my own cart effect and many other complications that we have seen including. Ameri embolism or embellishment general and this is some of john injuring for us physician because the rightly probably 9000 disease is huge is its a very different to disease disease to what we thought we were dealing with just a few months ago. I think down to this question nice clearly yes it is going to be expected in the very beginning is the respiratory disease primary lung involvement or involved manned and money was the most common expected symptom combined with fewer and coughing but now weve recognized that many other complications including strokes and out is. Really a fact patients being infected virus to him and hes much more to learn about the virus and its cause because their their disease causes is very different from very mild to as symptomatic worms but also patients being severely affected resulting in the need for mechanical ventilation for many weeks and it is about to understand what the Different Reasons for this is. And when it does affect other parts of the body to just the lungs does that mean it takes greatest skill to treat it. Well to our understanding from today we have understood that south korea members 2 is affecting the entire body of that means that is to see another primary lundy sees it in terms of the treatment and only systemic treatments have been explored or clinical studies focus this is to make treatments while theres different categories that means antiviral concepts but also anti inflammatory concepts recurs split from distance of hari step to by replication itself is a problem but also the immune activation due to soccer a virus to infection and therefore these 2 different approaches or combined ones are currently under investigation and we are constantly learning more about this disease and weight so is the way we treat it also constantly changing. Well i think yes the keys. Are the 1st antiviral substance of druck that is available in the us and will become available in the European Union very soon it is a 1st step but weve also learned that dex a matter. That is review thing immune activity is also decreasing mortality and severity you have to see in c. B. S. 1000 patients there is a couple of 100 other drugs being under investigation and also other concepts of treatment and while the protection of covered 19 is very different around the roles it is very clear that we will learn from the ongoing studies within the next month pretty much more about fighting against 19. So how much is there left to learn about covet 19 we always say learnt a lot over the past few months but is them all. Well the speed or free spirit we have seen in terms of soccer to these amazing earth never see in such a speed increasing medical knowledge before but this is very important and as then tyrol is fighting the big 90. I think there will be much more novel ideas and novel aspects that will help us in fighting against this disease dr christoph spinner from the Technical University of munich thank you very much for joining us thank you. And now its your chance to ask the questions has asked science correspondent eric williams. Whats the d. C. 614 g. Mutation. The d 614 gene mutation is a mutation in a variant of the virus thats predominantly found in europe and most of the u. S. And theres been lots of speculation it might be links to either higher fatalities or or higher transmissibility in patients one study from the us that still under peer review claims to show the mutation makes the virus much more infectious by by stabilizing and increasing its number of spy attacks though those are those proteins that source code to use is to attach to cells but those researchers were only working with cell cultures so so their results dont necessarily translate one to one in the real world though other studies have supported the idea that the 614 g. Variant is more transmissible itll take more work to find out if the mutation really does d make it more infectious in us rather than just in our cells and culture. Why is covert 19 considered a pandemic when less than one percent of the worlds population has been infected. Currently only around one person than a 1000 or so on the planet has been officially listed as a covert 19 case which which doesnt sound like much so i understand your confusion and end the term is a little fluid the w. H. O. Which which by the way sat on the fence for weeks in the early stages of the outbreak before deciding to call covert 1000 a pandemic defines pandemic pretty simply as the world wide spread of a new disease. So all it is is an epidemic but one that spread over a number of countries or consonance and is moving swiftly and affecting large numbers of people however the word isnt attached or tied to a specific number. And you can post your questions to derek on how you choose channel and if youd like to keep up with the latest developments on the coronavirus to subscribe to our newsletter just log onto d w dot com slash corona dash newsletter corona dash that. Coronavirus has made shopping for clothes and cosmetics a little tricky at times then if youve tried because often a shop where not you try things on before you hand over your cash the wong makeup beauty console in south korea has found a novel solution using augmented reality to allow customers to try before they buy system cleverly sherrys you how you would look wearing a particular skaro a lipstick or whatever and itll also analyze your skin and make recommendations. And thats all from this covered 19 special your body visit our website to do with you dot com thanks for joining us. To go africa. Back to the future when century promise become wondering headsman its possible it cannot equivalence to me in Southern Africa abolishing fenced in greys anatomy keeps oil from becoming depleted and protects the habitats of wild animals shitting and ancient skill thats a contribution to a Sustainable Future eco and for the. Next t. W. India. 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