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Originally Posted by coffeebean
That sounds exactly like what was happening to many Covid Positive patients early on. Their immune systems launched an "over response" (if that is even a phrase but you get what I mean) to the pathogen and they were having multiple organ failures leading to their deaths. Hopefully, by now, there are treatments to prevent this from occurring but I really don't know that for sure.
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What you're looking for is cytokine storm or perhaps bradykinin storm. Both are cellular dysregulation where certain things are up-regulated or down-regulated way out of normal. It creates havoc and can damage organs.
In the original Sars and Mers, it was found that treatment with corticosteroids led pretty rapidly to death. Early in this pandemic, treating with corticosteriods was a big no-no. What was subsequently found is that corticosteroids help tremendously in treating covid19 but timing is critical. Once the viral phase of the disease is winding down, and the cytokine storm is ramping up or ground glass opacities are seen in the lungs on an Xray, treatment with methylprednisolone can safely begin.