Scientists claim that coronavirus leads to severe complications in a person who has had a new infection.
So, according to the British Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (FICM), the lungs of patients who underwent COVID-19 coronavirus can remain damaged even after recovery – it will take up to 15 years to treat them.
The study showed that many people who have contracted a new infection have developed acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) – an inflammation of the lungs that prevents the vital organs from getting enough oxygen. Mortality from this syndrome is 30-40%.
According to the Deputy Director of the University of California, San Francisco for intensive care medicine Michael MatthewARDS treatment does not exist. Survivors with this syndrome are limited in physical activity and have poor physical condition due to muscle wasting and weakness.
At the same time, older people are most susceptible to ARDS due to weaker immunity.
In addition, the Department of Intensive Care Medicine warns that the heart can also be affected by coronavirus.
According to experts, an infection can aggravate an existing cardiovascular disease or cause new heart problems in healthy patients, with whom they will then fight for life.
So, COVID-19 can cause rupture of atherosclerotic plaques in the coronary arteries, followed by a heart attack, and also lead to atrial fibrillation and, in general, impaired heart function, according to a study by the European Society of Cardiology.
Coronavirus enters the body by binding to a type of receptor called ACE2 – they are found not only in the cells of the heart and lungs, but also in the kidneys. This can cause damage to this organ, a nephrologist from the Cleveland Clinic at the Glickman Clinic Institute of Urology and Kidneys said. George Thomas. Also, kidneys may suffer due to lack of oxygen or blood clots
Meanwhile, the World Health Organization claims that there is little evidence in science of the negative effects of COVID-19 on the kidneys.
At the same time, professor of pediatrics James Cherry stated, when a person has pneumonia, oxygen circulates less, and this can damage the kidneys, Gazeta.ru writes.
As reported by the Kuban News, infection with coronavirus threatens with serious consequences that will affect health even after cure. So, COVID-19 can lead to a decrease in lung volume, the occurrence of pulmonary fibrosis, as well as the death of entire sections of the brain.
As the professor of the School of Systems Biology of the University. Mason Ancha Baranova, many who have had an infection have a decrease in lung volume.
“This is expressed in the fact that young people can no longer run the marathon, and the elderly begin to experience shortness of breath, even when they just climb the stairs,” the doctor said.
Ancha Baranova added that such problems are more common in those patients who have had a severe form of the disease.
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