Medical slang for a severe immune reaction in which the body generates an over production of immune cells and their activating compounds (cytokines) and releases them into the blood too rapidly. A cytokine storm is on the opposite end of the spectrum from an under active response by the immune system.
Treatments during a COVID-19 pandemic may be very different depending on one's body's response, especially since some of the most vulnerable over respond with a cytokine storm or under respond because of a hypo immune disorder. So before taking fish tank cleaner you need to be able to get a professional to tell the difference between a cytokine storm and a hypo immune disorder, and get your medicine prescription from a read medical doctor and pharmacy vs politician-pet store.
A cytokine storm is typically activated by an infection, dysfunctional autoimmune conditions, and/or disease. Symptoms include severe fever, nausea, headache, inflammation (eg rash - redness/swelling), rapid heartbeat, low blood pressure, trouble breathing , and fatigue. In a mild cytokine storm the response may be temporary but a severe storm may cause multiple organ failure.
A severe cytokine storm is also know as hypercytokinemia.
Treatments during a COVID-19 pandemic may be very different depending on one's body's response, especially since some of the most vulnerable over respond with a cytokine storm or under respond because of a hypo immune disorder. So before taking fish tank cleaner you need to be able to get a professional to tell the difference between a cytokine storm and a hypo immune disorder, and get your medicine prescription from a read medical doctor and pharmacy vs politician-pet store.
A cytokine storm is typically activated by an infection, dysfunctional autoimmune conditions, and/or disease. Symptoms include severe fever, nausea, headache, inflammation (eg rash - redness/swelling), rapid heartbeat, low blood pressure, trouble breathing , and fatigue. In a mild cytokine storm the response may be temporary but a severe storm may cause multiple organ failure.
A severe cytokine storm is also know as hypercytokinemia.
The problem of a cytokine storm is compounded such as the response to the flu when lung inflammation caused by the rapid response of the immune system and fluid buildup lead to respiratory distress, especially when contaminated by a secondary bacterial such as pneumonia.
by mlhiss April 08, 2020
Get the cytokine stormmug. tactical dispersion
A term for spreading or separating of personnel, materials, strategic elements, bases, and/or activities which might otherwise be concentrated in limited spaces to minimize vulnerability.
A term for spreading or separating of personnel, materials, strategic elements, bases, and/or activities which might otherwise be concentrated in limited spaces to minimize vulnerability.
The use of social distancing and tactical dispersion terms by security forces during domestic protests need to be carefully phrased, so they are not misinterpreted.
by mlhiss June 03, 2020
Get the tactical dispersionmug. Mafia term for "paying tribute" to the Mafia Don or Chosen One. These are mandatory voluntary payments to assure the underling or minion knows their duty is to tithe and pay homage in the form of riches to the Chosen One. A model easily adapted to business and politics. Kicking up is much more lucrative than a kickback since it clearly instructs not only one's minions but everyone what the rules for doing business are.
Pence and Barr realized even the role of enforcers were not enough, to curry favor with their political boss since this would add little to his wealth. They would have to start kicking up to advertise the fact that they also had to humiliate themselves by going out of their way to frequent his businesses.
by mlhiss September 04, 2019
Get the kicking upmug. The application of a person skilled in an applied art or craft. Identification of high-quality product made in limited quantities, usually by a skilled crafts-person or artisan.
At one time even the construction workers took pride in their artisanal skills which they applied in very intricate details in the construction process. Now it is mostly high price chefs with the artisanal skills, whose work is quickly devoured.
by mlhiss June 10, 2020
Get the artisanalmug. The official annual check up on Trump states that he is 6'3" and 175. Online critics of the president suggest the height and weight measurements were faked and that he is shorter is heavier.
The "girther" movement was out in full force on the internet after Trump's physical and compared his image with a large display of top athletes of the same height and weight.
by mlhiss January 17, 2018
Get the "girther" movementmug. When the dominant culture forces a minority to adopt to a dominant culture (revisionist history, customs, mannerisms, traditions, pedagogy, attire, names, language, history, religion, etc). The dominant forces in the culture may also force the minority into an economic system in which all but a few in a minority group is exploited and for which the the dominant leaders have inherent disadvantages.
The authorities assured us that cultural erasure was a myth and that the minorities cultural practice of living in tight close knit compounds only coincidentally looked like forced labor work camps because of the security towers The authorities noted that these primitive people preferred being assimilated in the dominant culture because it gave them unlimited opportunities to work, and an extreme sense of security.
by mlhiss July 29, 2020
Get the cultural erasuremug. One's auto-response to a person with a C-19 sneeze, is becoming like an auto-reaction to a gun shot.
by mlhiss April 06, 2020
Get the C-19mug.