Covid-19: The Hypothesis of Cohabitation

Kamen, F.; Bekkara, A.

Two things that challenge us: * The clinical and especially radiological signs reported (frosted glass) are similar to those of acute cadmium poisoning (respiratory distress but also anosmia and multivisceral disease by cytokinic discharge) * The hematotoxic action of SARS-Cov2 through the dissociation of the iron from the heme is similar in purpose to that of certain heavy metals. Cardiovascular diseases and cadmium Numerous epidemiological studies support the hypothesis of cadmium involvement in cardiovascular disease and myocardial infarction [7,9,11,14-16] including proatheogenic action of Cd [3]. On the experimental level there would be a direct toxic effect of cadmium on heart muscle cells and probably also on the cardiac conduction system [12-13]. Viral pulmonary diseases and cadmium In terms of subchronic and chronic toxicity of Cd on pulmonary parenchyma, it is relatively well established that Cd has proinflammatory and immunosuppressive effects on inflammation of lung tissue and that immune reactivity accentuates complex immunomodulatory actions -metal [8].