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> Those who experienced COVID-19 symptoms have shown a severe chest X-ray every single time, Bankhead-Kendall told Nielsen, while asymptomatic patients showed s
by kgin 6y ago
> Those who experienced COVID-19 symptoms have shown a severe chest X-ray every single time, Bankhead-Kendall told Nielsen, while asymptomatic patients showed severe chest X-rays 70 to 80 percent of the time.
This is a really shocking statement to me. The claim is that 100% of symptomatic and 70-80% of asymptomatic covid patients have severe lung scarring?
- Engineering-MD 6y agoNot really. First because it’s not true that all symptomatic people have X-ray findings, otherwise we wouldn’t struggle with false negatives as much! Secondly “severe” pathology on a chest X-ray doesn’t mean scarring. You can have consolidation or collapse without permanent damage, and most X-rays I have seen of people who have had Covid people have normal appearing X-rays a few months down the line. Some have severe scarring still visible months later but they are the exception not the rule.
- kgin 6y agoThank you. The article segued right from talking about scarring to severe findings and I wasn't sure how to take it.