That is, it affects the lungs the most, and now scientists have discovered that patients recovering from Code 19 can damage the lungs even weeks later, while experiencing symptoms such as shortness of breath and coughing.
Researchers have been raising concerns about the long-term effects of corona virus on physical health for months, with even moderately ill people reporting symptoms for weeks or even months.
A new study in Austria examines patients who have been hospitalized after being infected with the corona virus.
Preliminary results of the study revealed that even 6 weeks after discharge from the hospital, 88% of patients had a dust-like pattern on the glass in their lungs, indicating organ damage, while 47% had difficulty breathing. Complained
After 12 weeks, the rates were 56 and 39 percent, respectively.
“People who recover from code 19 experience a decline in lung function even after weeks,” said Dr Sabina Shank, a researcher at the University of Innsbruck.
“There has been some improvement over time,” he added.
The results suggest that although code 19 may prolong the recovery process, the disease does not trigger the process of increasing lung scratches over time.
The findings were presented at the European Receptive Society International Congress.
Of the 86 patients in the study, 18 were being treated in the ICU, with an average age of 61 years.
More than 60 percent of them were men, about 50 percent were addicted to smoking, and 65 percent were overweight or obese.
These patients underwent various tests, lung function tests and a medical examination 6 weeks after discharge and the procedure was repeated 12 weeks later.
The researchers found that the lung capacity of 24 patients had decreased by 80% compared to the average person after 6 weeks, and it was discovered in 16 patients 12 weeks later.
Researchers also found signs of heart damage in a number of cases, but they improved over time.
The study found that although patients living in the ICU had more lung damage, the rate of improvement in lung function was the same as in other patients.
The researchers did not rule out the possibility that patients may already have lung problems, but said CT scans showed a gradual improvement in lung function.
He said the long-term effects of code 19 were not necessarily surprising, as long-term medical problems had been discovered in patients with SARS corona virus in the past.
Work on this research is still ongoing and now, 24 weeks after discharge from the hospital, patients will be tested again to assess their health.
Earlier, in mid-March, medical experts in Hawking Kong discovered that people recovering from the new novel Corona virus may have weakened lungs and some may have difficulty breathing when walking fast.
According to the South China Morning Post, the Hong Kong Hospital Authority came to this conclusion after examining the initial patients recovering from coronavirus disease code 19.
Doctors found that two out of 12 patients had changes in their lung capacity.
Dr. Owen Tsang Tak Yin, medical director of the hospital’s Infectious Diseases Center, told a news conference: The percentage can be reduced.
In March, George Washington University Hospital in the United States shared on YouTube a video of a patient’s corona virus lung, showing healthy lung tissue in blue and virus-infected tissue in yellow. ۔
Dr. Keith Mortman, head of the hospital’s breast surgery department, said: “The combination of healthy and infected lung tissue is startling. In fact, you don’t need a medical degree by name to understand it. The damage to the lungs is not limited to one area, in fact it causes severe damage to both lungs.
“It can damage the lungs of people recovering from code 19 on a long-term basis,” he said.
A study published in the journal Cell Research in May found that the virus could be present deep in the lungs of people recovering from code 19.
Research has shown that this may be the reason why some patients re-diagnose the virus after recovery.
Scientists involved in the study from China’s Army Medical University said it was the first time evidence of the virus had been found in the lungs of a patient who had three consecutive negative tests.
The results of the study were compiled from the postmortem of a 78-year-old patient who had contracted the corona virus and was treated.
After treatment, she recovered and had negative results in 3 tests, but a day later she suddenly recovered
He died of a heart attack.The postmortem found no signs of the virus on vital organs such as the heart, liver and skin after the death, but some types were discovered deep in the lungs.