Coronavirus: This long-term damage is known

Infection with the coronavirus is usually associated with several symptoms.

Doctors fear that long-term damage can also occur.

But these still need to be examined in more detail.

Dry cough, sore throat, fever, loss of smell and taste - the symptoms caused by the coronavirus * are widely known.

But long-term damage should also occur after recovery.

Sufficient data to confirm this are still lacking.

Doctors now want to change that.

Coronavirus: evidence of damage to the brain

As reported by Welt, doctor Christian Karagiannidis, intensive care physician and pulmonologist at the clinics in Cologne, is working with scientists from the AOK on an

.

These are intended to provide information about the

Covid-19.

Doctor Karagiannidis explains to the newspaper that he was able to observe in the intensive care unit that

developed

in some patients with severe disease processes

.

Autopsy of Covid 19 dead had shown that the viruses can multiply in nerve cells in the cerebral cortex.

"Even if the body defeats the viruses, the survivors may have to

continue to live

with

, for example with severe cognitive impairments," says Karagiannidis.

"The big picture is still missing"

Concrete data are still missing in this regard.

It can therefore not be said to what extent the infection will cause permanent damage.

"

"

, according Karagiannidis yet.

The

are best documented

: about every tenth patient would show cicatricial changes on CT examinations.

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According to Doctor Karagiannidis, one of the biggest questions in the study is whether there can be

.

Some patients would have acute heart problems.

Those affected usually have

, such as inflamed blood vessels or cardiac arrhythmias.

Fortunately, these and the drugs used for treatment would be documented in the AOK case files - which is why they contained valuable information about consequential damage.

Coronavirus could promote diabetes

According to Karagiannidis, there was also a

.

"Diabetics who are poorly adjusted have a very high risk of dying if they become infected, twice as high as any other seriously ill patient."

This leads to the hypothesis that the virus also infects and damages the B cells in the pancreas.

These have receptors through which the viruses can spread to other cells.

If this is confirmed, it is quite possible that Covid 19 also causes diabetes.

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What else is known about long-term corona damage

• Skin

  : Hair loss can be a first symptom or a consequence of Covid-19 due to the physical stress and physical effort that goes with it.

  According to Welt, this was the result of a survey by health researcher Natalie Lambert.

• Brain

  : In 25 percent of patients, there would be signs that the brain is being affected by the infection.

  Acute dizziness, nausea, drowsiness, headache or seizures result.

  According to studies, Die Welt quotes, dementia, multiple sclerosis and psychosis, among other things, can develop in the long term.

• Nervous system

  : 85 percent of corona infections lead to a loss of the sense of smell and taste.

  This can stay that way for several weeks.

  The damaged nervous system could also impair physical activity.

• Vessels

  : Strokes had occurred in six percent of seriously ill people, and pulmonary embolisms had also occurred frequently.

  According to Welt, weeks after the infection there is also a higher risk of other organs failing.

• Lungs

  : According to a Chinese study, Die Welt quotes, 70 percent of those infected show traces of the infection on X-rays even three months after infection.

  This would lead to impaired lung function in a quarter of all those affected.

• Heart

  : The heart muscle is particularly at risk from Covid-19.

  Two months after the infection, researchers at the Frankfurt University Hospital found signs of heart muscle inflammation - despite the mild course of the disease.

  Another study would have shown that 30 percent of the patients admitted to the hospital showed traces of heart muscle damage.

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