{"id":94441,"date":"2020-04-11T07:14:22","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T07:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=94441"},"modified":"2020-04-11T07:14:26","modified_gmt":"2020-04-11T07:14:26","slug":"cytokine-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/cytokine-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"Cytokine Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: Consider the following statements:<br> (1) The term Cytokine storm is used in COVID 19 disease.<br> (2) A cytokine storm is an overproduction of immune cells and their activating compounds.<br> Choose the correct:<\/strong><br> (a) Only(1)<br> (b) Only(2)<br> (c) Both (1) and (2)<br> (d) None of the above<br><strong> Answer:(c)<br> Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Diseases such as covid-19 and influenza can be fatal due to an overreaction of the body\u2019s immune system called a cytokine storm.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Cytokine storm:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A cytokine storm is an overproduction of immune cells and their activating compounds (cytokines), which, in a flu infection, is often associated with a surge of activated immune cells into the lungs. <\/li><li>The resulting lung inflammation and fluid buildup can lead to respiratory distress and can be contaminated by a secondary bacterial pneumonia \u2014 often enhancing the mortality in patients. <\/li><li>Cytokine storms are associated with a wide variety of infectious and noninfectious diseases. <\/li><li>The term was popularized largely in the context of avian H5N1 influenza virus infection, bringing the term into popular media.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Role of cytokines in the immune system:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Cytokines are signalling proteins that are released by cells at local high concentrations \u2014 a cytokine storm or CSS is characterised by the overproduction of immune cells and the cytokines themselves because of a dysregulation in the process.<\/li><li>A severe immune reaction, leading to the secretion of too many cytokines in the bloodstream, can be harmful since an excess of immune cells can attack healthy tissue as well.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By-Achyutanand Pandey<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-cytokine-storms-or-when-the-bodys-own-immune-system-leads-to-covid-19-deaths-6346145\/\">https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-cytokine-storms-or-when-the-bodys-own-immune-system-leads-to-covid-19-deaths-6346145\/<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sinobiological.com\/resource\/cytokines\/cytokine-storm\">https:\/\/www.sinobiological.com\/resource\/cytokines\/cytokine-storm<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/term\/cytokine-storm\/\">https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/term\/cytokine-storm\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Consider the following statements: (1) The term Cytokine storm is used in COVID 19 disease. (2) A cytokine storm is an overproduction of immune cells and their activating compounds. Choose the correct: (a) Only(1) (b) Only(2) (c) Both (1) and (2) (d) None of the above Answer:(c) Related facts: Diseases such as covid-19 and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":94442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1123],"tags":[3067],"class_list":["post-94441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-snes","tag-scientific"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}