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I read that there was visible lung tissue damage forming the characteristic broken glass pattern on CT scans of 58% of the infected but asymptomatic carriers on
by nyhc99 6y ago
I read that there was visible lung tissue damage forming the characteristic broken glass pattern on CT scans of 58% of the infected but asymptomatic carriers on the Diamond Princess cruise. That to me adds a sobering footnote to the process of developing herd immunity. Most of us won't die, but do we walk away with long-term impairment of our lungs and possibly other organs?
- nisa 6y agoThis was also confirmed by a physician from Innsbruck, Austria that looked after healthy young adults that were divers and got the virus - all of them had only mild symptoms but most lost the fitness to dive anymore and lack lung function. https://www.sportschau.de/weitere/allgemein/corona-lungen-schaeden-taucher-100.html https://www.sportschau.de/weitere/allgemein/corona-lungen-sc... (I did not found an english link)
- softwarejosh 6y agothey could also need longer to recover,
- nisa 6y agoIt's been discussed in the linked article (a translator should work reasonably well). For the physician the look of the lungs in the scans indicate it's non-reversible but only time will tell.
- orwin 6y agoLung scarring is not reversible yet. If it grow too much, it might turn into pulmonary fibrosis and kill you in ~5 year. https://www.lung.org/lung-health-diseases/lung-disease-lookup/pulmonary-fibrosis/introduction/life-expectancy https://www.lung.org/lung-health-diseases/lung-disease-looku... Other fibrosis can be chirgurgically removed (happened to a semi-pro i know of), but this is not possible for the lungs.
- paypalcust83 6y agoYep. Lung damage rarely heals, which has life-long consequences. IIRC, a BBC report mentioned a 30% average decrease in lung function in survivors. Heart, liver, kidneys and possibly other organs are also affected.
- argonaut 6y agoI'm not equating Covid-19 to the flu, but ground glass opacities are common among people with influenza. They're also not uncommon in older folks with no history of smoking etc. Right now the evidence of long term or permanent damage to lungs is very muddled and often anecdotal.