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COVID lung damage evident in up to 1/3 of cases 12 months after infection
https://healthimaging.com/topics/clinical/COVID-19/covid-lung-damage-evident-one-third-cases-12-months-after-infection

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interwen.bsky.social•24 days ago

That immortalist billionaire found this out too. He has not recovered his lung funtion.

bettycjung.bsky.social•24 days ago

A significant number of patients who have recovered from mild COVID-19 infections show lung abnormalities on imaging for a year or longer after recovering. These findings are not exclusive to severe cases and have been observed in individuals who reported having more moderate infections.

bettycjung.bsky.social•24 days ago

By the end of the study period, 34% continued to struggle with abnormal lung function and 9% had been diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis and restrictive ventilatory dysfunction. These findings were present in both the moderate and severe cohorts.

bettycjung.bsky.social•24 days ago

“Even among moderate patients with mild symptoms, over a third had persistent abnormal lung changes after one year post-COVID-19 infection,” the authors note.

bettycjung.bsky.social•24 days ago

“Fibrotic changes are primarily observed in severe and critical patients, with these fibrosis-like changes tending to stabilize after six months and remaining relatively unchanged over time.”

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