{"id":85499,"date":"2020-04-10T15:25:04","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T09:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=14743"},"modified":"2020-04-10T15:25:04","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T09:55:04","slug":"explainedwhat-is-cytokine-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explainedwhat-is-cytokine-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"Explained:What is cytokine storm?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Several infected patients are developing severe COVID-19 because of an overreaction of their immune systems which triggers what is known as a cytokine storm syndrome(CSS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Cytokine Storm:<\/strong>It occurs when the body&#8217;s immune system overreacts to an intruder such as a virus by producing high levels of cytokines.&nbsp;<\/li><li>However, overproduction of cytokines can be harmful as it can attack healthy tissues as well.<\/li><li><strong>Symptoms:<\/strong>High fever, inflammation (redness and swelling), severe fatigue and nausea.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Cytokines<\/strong>:They are a large group of proteins, peptides or glycoproteins that are secreted by specific cells of the immune system to mediate and regulate immunity and inflammation response.<\/li><li><strong>Immune System:<\/strong>It is a complex network of cells, organs and tissues that work in tandem to protect the body from infection.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:Several infected patients are developing severe COVID-19 because of an overreaction of their immune systems which triggers what is known as a cytokine storm syndrome(CSS). Facts: Cytokine Storm:It occurs when the body&#8217;s immune system overreacts to an intruder such as a virus by producing high levels of cytokines.&nbsp; However, overproduction of cytokines can be harmful&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explainedwhat-is-cytokine-storm\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Explained:What is cytokine storm?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1738],"tags":[2860],"class_list":["post-85499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","tag-cytokinine-storm","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1703188940},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85499\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}