I don't know a whole lot about medical field, but my spouse works in an ICU. They are indeed seeing lots of issues with clotting and I believe this is what ends up coding/killing patients. None the less, the standard protocol is still to drug the patients up, intubate/ventilator, and blood thinners (from my understanding). Even with all of that, some patients are still handling it badly and dying. I've even heard that it's heavily affecting the heart in some patients, but that might be due to the clotting? On the flip side, majority of population only sees mild symptoms or no symptoms at all. Does healthcare/science have a grip on this virus and what they're dealing with, or no?
So maybe that's why they were giving me Lovenox while I was in the hospital. They never did explain the rationale behind that, other than "well it's protocol for patients who don't move around a lot", but it makes more sense now.
It prevents clotting. Alot of diseases such as infection and cancer increase clotting, that coupled with laying in bed for days increases the chance of a clot forming and being sent to your lungs. Alot of patients are put on anticoagulants like lovenox to prevent that
I don't know a whole lot about medical field, but my spouse works in an ICU. They are indeed seeing lots of issues with clotting and I believe this is what ends up coding/killing patients. None the less, the standard protocol is still to drug the patients up, intubate/ventilator, and blood thinners (from my understanding). Even with all of that, some patients are still handling it badly and dying. I've even heard that it's heavily affecting the heart in some patients, but that might be due to the clotting? On the flip side, majority of population only sees mild symptoms or no symptoms at all. Does healthcare/science have a grip on this virus and what they're dealing with, or no?
So maybe that's why they were giving me Lovenox while I was in the hospital. They never did explain the rationale behind that, other than "well it's protocol for patients who don't move around a lot", but it makes more sense now.
It prevents clotting. Alot of diseases such as infection and cancer increase clotting, that coupled with laying in bed for days increases the chance of a clot forming and being sent to your lungs. Alot of patients are put on anticoagulants like lovenox to prevent that
Gotta say, though, it stung at the injection site for days. Small price to pay I guess.