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Written by: Ouyang Dehao
2020-08-06 12:04
Last update date: 2020-08-06 12:04The new crown pneumonia epidemic in Hong Kong continues. The Faculty of Medicine of the Chinese University of Hong Kong studied the first 1,040 patients in Hong Kong and found that about two of them had liver damage. Professor Huang Lihong of the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology of the Department of Internal Medicine and Drug Therapy of CUHK said that the patients in this study were relatively young, showing that liver damage is not limited to the elderly. She also pointed out that she is worried about the situation of more than 100 patients with hepatitis B in Hong Kong recently. Because foreign studies have shown that patients with liver cirrhosis, the death rate after contracting new coronary pneumonia has increased.
The Faculty of Medicine of CUHK studied the first 1,040 patients in Hong Kong and found that about 20% of them, or one in four, had liver damage. (Image from CUHK)
Huang Lihong stated in the commercial TV program "Starting on a Sunny Day" this morning (6th) that the School of Medicine of CUHK studied the first 1,040 patients in Hong Kong and found that about 20% of them, that is, one in four people has liver damage. The risk of death for this group of patients is 7.9 times that of other patients. She pointed out that the body's inflammatory response caused by pneumonia is systemic, and the liver is also affected. However, studies have found that the proportion of liver damage caused by new coronary pneumonia is higher than that of general pneumonia.
Huang pointed out that the patients in this study were relatively young, with a median age of over 30. Some of them returned to Hong Kong after studying abroad, showing that liver damage is not limited to the elderly. But she also emphasized that the chance of liver damage in the elderly is higher, and the risk of increasing one year old every year increases by 2%.
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High mortality from new coronary pneumonia in patients with cirrhosis
As for the progress of rehabilitation, Huang Lihong pointed out that most patients can restore liver function, ranging from one week to several months. She confessed that if the patient already has chronic liver disease, she believes that there will be more long-term sequelae, but the current data is insufficient and will continue to study and observe. She also pointed out that foreign studies have shown that patients with liver cirrhosis have an increased mortality rate after contracting new coronary pneumonia. Therefore, they are worried about the situation of more than 100 hepatitis B patients in Hong Kong recently.
In addition to age and chronic liver disease, Huang Lihong said that drugs such as "protease inhibitors" can also cause liver damage. However, she pointed out that the liver damage rate of more than 20 Hong Kong patients using the drug "Remdesivir" is low, and other large foreign studies have also shown that the rate of liver damage of "Remdesivir" exceeds 10%, which is a high percentage. Lower than other drugs.
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