Listed long-term implications of the coronavirus for the body

Coronavirus infection not only affects the lungs. Transferred the virus can cause several long-term consequences, including cardiovascular, endocrine and neuropsychiatric diseases. Their in an interview with RT has listed the head of the Department of medical rehabilitation sechenovskiy University Konstantin thorns.

The expert noted that COVID-19 does not pass as an ordinary pneumonia. Usually the disease is accompanied by organism intoxication and a high body temperature that does not manage to reduce. All this has long-term negative consequences on the body.

In addition, measures to prevent scarring of the lung caused by a coronavirus damage need to be taken very quickly. “A year later he [the scar] becomes white and hard, with him nothing more can be done. On the skin it can be cut, and in the lungs — no,” said Ternovoy.

The negative effects exerted on the kidneys and liver due to take antibiotics. In addition, the coronavirus affects the pancreas, exacerbating the diabetes. The effect affected and the cardiovascular system: the infection causes the risk of microthrombosis.

This can appear mental and neurological disorders: depression, apathy, asthenia, and post-traumatic stress disorder. In addition, previous infection is closely linked with social problems.

Earlier it was reported that almost 90 percent of patients who recover from COVID-19, even two months later, after recovery, there are a number of symptoms.