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Coronavirus infection may cause lasting damage throughout the body, doctors fear

...Chief among the worrisome test results were readings that suggested these apparently recovered patients continued to have impaired liver function. That was the case even after two tests for the live virus had come back negative and the patients were cleared to be discharged.
At the same time, as cardiologists are contending with the immediate effects of COVID-19 on the heart, they’re asking how much of the damage could be long-lasting. In an early study of COVID-19 patients in China, heart failure was seen in nearly 12% of those who survived, including in some who had shown no signs of respiratory distress.

...Add to that chaos the force of inflammation, which flares in those with severe COVID-19. The result can do damage throughout the body, prying plaques and clots from the walls of blood vessels and causing strokes, heart attacks and venous embolisms...

WSJ
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/coronavirus-infection-may-cause-lasting-damage-throughout-the-body-doctors-fear/ar-BB12sd4G

Chinese study, but still..


159 posted on 04/10/2020 6:50:47 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017))
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“Add to that chaos the force of inflammation, which flares in those with severe COVID-19”

Yikes. Sounds gruesome and something to avoid.


176 posted on 04/10/2020 8:52:05 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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