The doctor leading the study said it 'provides some validation' to people suffering from Long Covid
has found that nearly a third of patients who were admitted to hospital with the virus had abnormalities in multiple organs five months after infection.compared to a group of people who had not had the virus.Abnormal findings involving the brain and kidneys were three and two times higher respectively.
The novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes Covid-19, indicated in yellow, emerging from the surface of cells Provider: AP Source: NIAID-RML “The age of the individual, severity of acute Covid-19 infection, as well as comorbidities, were significant factors in determining who had organ injury at follow-up.”
“The presence of kidney injury in someone with a previously normal creatinine and no renal disease may well be Covid-19-associated changes. But Dr Raman said people who had been suffering with long Covid should feel hopeful that the research was ongoing, and that there were some answers.