Il Covid can cause damage to organs. A recent study, published in the journal Nature Medicine, revealed that those who have been hospitalized for the coronavirus can report complications in the lungs and kidneys. In addition, one in eight people have heart inflammation. They are the side effects of the Long Covid. The severity of complications, according to the study, is closely linked to the severity of the Covid infection itself.
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The Covid study
‘Even fit and healthy people can suffer from severe Covid-19 disease and vaccination is needed to avoid it,’ said Professor Colin Berry, of the University of Glasgow, who led the research. “Our study provides objective evidence of abnormalities one to two months after Covid and these findings link to persistent symptoms at the time and the likelihood of needing treatment one year later,” Berry added.
Writing in the journal Nature Medicine, the researchers describe how they tracked the results of 159 people who were hospitalized with Covid between May 2020 and March 2021. The team ran a series of scans and blood tests around 28-60 days. after the discharge of Covid patients, who were also provided with questionnaires to complete. The results were compared with those of a group of 29 people who hadn’t had Covid.
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The risks of heart inflammation and myocarditis
The authors write that, compared to controls, those who had been hospitalized with Covid showed several abnormalities, including in the imaging results of the heart, lungs and kidneys. About 13% (one in eight) of those hospitalized for Covid were thought by experts to be very likely to have myocarditis or heart inflammation. This has led to ‘a lower health-related quality of life, greater perception of disease, higher levels of anxiety and depression and lower levels of physical activity,’ said Dr Andrew Morrow, also of the University of Glasgow. .
The likelihood of myocarditis was higher among healthcare workers and those with acute kidney injury, as well as those with more severe illnesses requiring invasive ventilation. “These results reinforce the importance of both the vaccination program and new treatments that have significantly reduced the number of severe cases of Covid-19,” Morrow said, reported by the Guardian.
The findings also reveal that those who had been hospitalized with Covid were more likely to need outpatient secondary care or be referred for symptoms due to Long Covid. Dr Betty Raman, a cardiologist and longtime Covid expert at the University of Oxford (who was not involved in the work), said the study provided important insights into the prevalence of clinically adjudicated myocarditis and its association. with prolonged symptoms in hospitalized patients with Covid at the onset of the pandemic.