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There are drug treatments that can be given, as well as dialysis to clean the blood.

So savage was the attack and so rapid her blood loss, Miss Render could have collapsed within 20 minutes and died within an hour, the pathologist said.

Living in microgravity causes bodily fluids to become more evenly distributed, with up to two extra liters of blood becoming unnaturally congested in the upper body, triggering constant feelings of puffiness and congestion, especially in the head and face.

Infants can also suffer from something called pulmonary hypertension — when blood isn’t getting through the arteries en route to the lungs to pick up oxygen.

The pertussis toxin can trigger a reaction that produces a high white blood cell count, Yeganeh said — potentially causing sludging in the blood vessels leading to the lungs.