There is compelling evidence that long COVID is real and can affect major organs in people who were previously hospitalised with the disease, says Oxford University\u0027s Betty Raman.
There is compelling evidence that long COVID is real and can affect major organs in people who were previously hospitalised with the disease, says Oxford University's Betty Raman.
MRI scans revealed that people with long COVID were 14 times more likely to have lung abnormalities than people who never had the disease, three times more likely to have brain abnormalities and two times more likely to have kidney abnormalities. The extent of MRI abnormalities was linked to the severity of their COVID-19, their age and whether or not they had other diseases.
Studies identifying the viral proteins in various organs also began to emerge, demonstrating the virus’s fondness for certain tissues that were not part of the lungs. Further reports highlighting the predisposition of the virus to induce excess clotting, mitochondrial disruption and reactivation of other viruses emerged. More importantly, there was a growing number of patients continuing to report persistent disabling symptoms arising from multiple organs, even after surviving the initial infection, also known as long COVID, a condition now thought to affect one in 10 people.
The latest results, mentioned above, are based on preliminary data . A complete analysis is still awaited.
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