Timeline for Why don't viruses cause wounds?
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| Nov 15, 2021 at 23:10 | comment | added | Acccumulation | "it does not look as a physical wound" *look like | |
| Nov 15, 2021 at 14:52 | comment | added | Roger V. | @DanBryant A very relevant example, thank you! | |
| Nov 15, 2021 at 14:43 | comment | added | Dan Bryant | Another example of a possible local 'wound' is the anosmia (loss of sense of smell) that occurred frequently with early variants of covid. There's evidence suggestive that entry, infection and death of sustentacular cells (which support the olfactory receptor neurons) could be a major contributor to anosmia and thus a very specialized wound that, while not visible, has a directly notable side effect. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7488171 | |
| Nov 15, 2021 at 11:54 | history | edited | terdon | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 15, 2021 at 11:10 | vote | accept | Daniel Darabos | ||
| Nov 13, 2021 at 19:54 | history | edited | Roger V. | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 13, 2021 at 18:24 | comment | added | Barmar | @DanielDarabos I think the point is that there are cascading secondary effects that cause more damage once a small number of cells are destroyed directly by the virus. Analogy: if you're stabbed, the wound is just a small hole, but you can lose much blood through it. | |
| Nov 12, 2021 at 17:02 | comment | added | Daniel Darabos | Thank you! This makes sense. So the key is that the targeted cells are sort of rare? Even if the virus kills all these cells in my nose, the loss is invisible? I have no idea what my nose is made up of. But there are parts that I think are largely made up of one type of cell. (Muscles, brain.) Do viruses cause macroscopic damage in those tissues? | |
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| Nov 12, 2021 at 11:22 | history | answered | Roger V. | CC BY-SA 4.0 |