Scary new findings on long term impact of recovering Covid-19 patients and an even scarier possibility of the virus remaining dormant in the body for years. 😷
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Coronavirus patients can suffer lasting bodily damage, even after recovery t.co/dpkmUlHCbd via @nypost
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Patients who survive COVID-19 can still suffer lasting bodily damage, including to the liver and heart, researchers are finding.
Multiple studies of recovered patients from China, where the disease first emerged in November, showed impaired liver and heart function, according to the Los Angeles Times.
“COVID-19 is not just a respiratory disorder,” Dr. Harlan Krumholtz, a cardiologist at Yale University, told the paper.
“It can affect the heart, the liver, the kidneys, the brain, the endocrine system and the blood system.”