Might Enzymes Help Blood Clotting Associated With COVID-19?

A new phenomenon is being seen with some of the sickest COVID-19 patients - they develop widespread blood clots that block oxygen flow. Worse, no one is sure why it's happening.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• Aside from sepsis — which in one study was present in 59% of COVID-19 patients and 100% of those who died — blood clots also appear to be common in patients with severe COVID-19 disease

• Abnormal coagulation is associated with poor prognosis in patients with COVID-19. According to one case report, 71.4% of patients who died of COVID-19 me…