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Cytokine Storm - The Main Reason For Enormous Deaths In COVID -19 Pandemic

Cytokine Storm And COVID 19 The pandemic has taught us lot of lessons that we should change ourselves for growth and well being of mankind. The reason behind increase in mortality rate of COVID 19 patients is cytokine storm (Cytokine storm syndrome CSS ).Cytokine storm is pathological condition in which body kills its own cells in order to save the cell. Primary intention of body is to protect the body but in several conditions Immune system is confused between self and foreign. 1. What is Cytokine storm “cytokine storm syndrome” (CSS)] cytokine storm is a systemic inflammatory response to infections and drugs and leads to excessive activation of immune cells and the generation of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Defination according to National Cancer Institute ” A severe immune reaction in which the body releases too many cytokines into the blood too quickly.” Cytokines play an important role in normal immune responses, but having a large amount of them released in the body all at