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Originally Posted by Zizu

He explained better than I can but basically if you lose 2kg of muscle mass each DAY for 14 to 21 days or more .. you will be a terrible state for a very long time .

We’re talking about losing 2kg or 4lb of muscle every day !!

I didn’t even know we had that much muscle mass


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Again Zizu you literallly can't lose 2kg of muscle a day for 21 days. You do not have 42kg of muscle (unless you're a bodybuilder or a pro wrestler or something... MAYBE a 6'2 Rugby player).

I think 2kg is the absolute peak of muscle loss, and again it applies to anyone in a medical coma / on ventilator, it's not a Covid thing.

With a lot of muscle loss yes it could take months to rebuild that muscle afterwards... muscle deteriorates a LOT faster than it builds. The "years" claim is likely because a lot of the people affected will be older/frail already and thus not able to engage in more intensive physiotherapy. It should really be 6 months max for a younger adult.

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Again Zizu you literallly can't lose 2kg of muscle a day for 21 days. You do not have 42kg of muscle (unless you're a bodybuilder or a pro wrestler or something... MAYBE a 6'2 Rugby player).



I think 2kg is the absolute peak of muscle loss, and again it applies to anyone in a medical coma / on ventilator, it's not a Covid thing.



With a lot of muscle loss yes it could take months to rebuild that muscle afterwards... muscle deteriorates a LOT faster than it builds. The "years" claim is likely because a lot of the people affected will be older/frail already and thus not able to engage in more intensive physiotherapy. It should really be 6 months max for a younger adult.

Found this online


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Sedated coronavirus patients have suffered delusions and hallucinations, and the mental and physical trauma is so devastating some "say they would rather have died ", says London consultant Dr Zudin Puthucheary


Critically ill patients in comas of a working age lose muscle before fat, with around 2-3% of muscle mass typically wasting away a day, which for a 90kg patient would mean a loss of 1-2kg a day.

Dr Puthucheary, an Intensive Care Society national rehabilitation lead, told Mirror Online: "Some people will be able to say in two to three years time that they are happy to be alive.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-new...l-22307375.amp


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