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Lurking on medical twitter I've also seen that pulmonary fibrosis might be another surprisingly common post covid19 ailment: https://twitter.com/leticiakawano/

Lurking on medical twitter I've also seen that pulmonary fibrosis might be another surprisingly common post covid19 ailment: https://twitter.com/leticiakawano/status/1279960010504749061?s=21 https://twitter.com/leticiakawano/status/1279960010504749061... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonary_fibrosis https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonary_fibrosis

chadcmulligan 6y ago
From the wiki link "The scarring is permanent once it has developed", that is scary
- claudeganon 6y ago
  Even more frightening is the statement, “life expectancy is generally less than five years.”
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  - unsrsly 6y ago
    Not to downplay lung scarring from covid, but the "life expectancy less than five years" in this article refers to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis which is a completely different disease. We don't yet have the data to say what long term outcomes are after severe cases of covid.
- kourt 6y ago
  The long-term neurological effects are scary too. https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-and-the-brain-diagnosing-and-treating-covid-19s-neurological-effects-140047 https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-and-the-brain-diagno...