A deadly coronavirus complication is affecting people after they think they’ve recovered

[Chris Smith]

• Physicians have learned better ways to treat COVID-19 patients and save more lives than in the early months of the pandemic, but the coronavirus is still killing people every day.
• A doctor explains that the most dangerous coronavirus complication can appear without warning — even after you think the worst has passed or that you've recovered.
• The so-called “cytokine storm” is an exacerbated immune response that harms healthy cells as well as infected ones and can lead to multiple organ failure or death.

Even though the coronavirus is surging again and might reach a new record peak during the winter months, the number of COVID-19 deaths isn’t growing at the same pace. Thousands of people still die every day around the world of coronavirus complications, but that’s because the number of active cases is still so high. Hundreds of thousands of new infections are piling up each day, and a few thousand of those will die in the coming weeks. But doctors have learned how to treat coronavirus patients better than in the early months of the pandemic. Several therapies exist that can reduce complications, and while there’s no perfect cure, the death rate continues to drop each month. Still, doctors warn that we’re not out of the woods yet. Among the many dangers that exist, there's a deadly coronavirus complication that can appear without warning, even when you think you've recovered or that the worst has passed.

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