Shock
Shock is circulatory failure with inadequate tissue perfusion. Trauma, sepsis, and heart failure are classic paths. Free PUFA and stress chemistry amplify shock injury in the experimental literature.
Peat's view
[edit]In shock, cells are in a very low energy state; ATP infusions have been found therapeutic, though simple hypertonic glucose and salt solutions are probably safer and very effective, since low cellular energy also causes veins to lose tone and pool blood instead of returning it to the heart.[1]
Practice
[edit]Emergency medicine. Prevention: lower PUFA stores, support energy. See Stress, PUFA, Free fatty acids, Heart, Endotoxin, Harm reduction.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Ray Peat, "Aging, Estrogen, and Progesterone." "In shock, the cells are in a very low energy state, and infusions of ATP have been found to be therapeutic, but simple hypertonic solutions of glucose and salt are probably safer, and are very effective. The low energy of cells causes them to take up water, but it also causes the veins... to lose their tone, allowing blood to pool in them, instead of returning to the heart."