A study of cytokines in a patient's blood can show how difficult COVID-19 will be for him.
This conclusion was reached by British scientists, writes Respiratory Research.
The researchers took the profile of five cytokines as a basis.
These molecules trigger a reaction in the blood that leads to the formation of lymphocytes, which are protective immune cells.
In a cytokine storm, the molecules do not help the body to fight the coronavirus, but provoke hyperinflammation, which leads to severe illness and death.
Scientists have found a way to determine if a person is prone to a cytokine storm. It turned out that for this it is important to know how many certain cytokines are in the patient's blood..
If there are too many of them, the patient with COVID-19 should be immediately transferred to the intensive care unit..
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