LOL COVID-19 has nothing to do with snake venom.
Posted on: April 23, 2022 at 10:45:34 CT
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Scientists are looking at an enzyme, sPLA2-IIA, found elevated in severe and long COVID patients.
This enzyme is protective against bacterial infections for most people, but can be damaging to organs at high levels.
sPLA2-IIA found in mammals is different than the sPLA2 enzyme in snake venom. But there is hope anti-venoms used to treat snake bites can attack the mammalian sPLA2-IIA found in elevated levels amongst some COVID patients and help treat them.