How does being on a ventilator cause someone on it to have organ damage? I thought ventilators are just supposed to help you breathe?
In: Biology
Your body really doesn’t like things in your wind pipe, which is where the ventilator goes. This leads to an inflammatory response – your body’s immune system fighting back. Drugs are administered to keep this inflammation somewhat in check, but your wind pipe and lungs still suffer.
Doctors believe this is the cause of some kind of sepsis, a serious infection, that spreads to other organs, leading to multiple organ failure
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