COVID-19 patients getting free oxygen provided by Hemkunt Foundation in Gurugram. | Photo Credit:
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Those who have recovered from the virus should not let guard down as they could develop lung fibrosis, blood clotting
Even weeks after complete recovery, COVID-19 patients can experience new or recurring mild symptoms ranging from general fatigue, body ache, headache, joint pains, cough, depression, anxiety and difficulty in thinking or concentrating to severe breathlessness, chest pain and painful swelling of the limbs.
However, doctors warn that there can also be serious complications that can lead to re-admission even after full recovery. It includes lung fibrosis, delayed thromboembolic events (formation of clots in blood vessels) and bacterial and fungal infections.
Mild Covid-19 induces antibody protection lasting lifetime
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Washington, May 25 : US researchers have found that people who have had mild illness due to Covid-19, go on to develop antibody-producing immune cells that can last for a lifetime and give them protection against the virus.
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis, US, found that during a viral infection, antibody-producing immune cells rapidly multiply and circulate in the blood, driving antibody levels sky-high.
Once the infection is resolved, most such cells die off, and blood antibody levels drop.
However, a small population of antibody-producing cells, called long-lived plasma cells, migrate to the bone marrow and settle in, where they continually secrete low levels of antibodies into the bloodstream to help guard against another encounter with the virus.
US researchers have found that people who have had mild illness due to Covid19 go on to develop antibodyproducing immune cells that can last for a lifetime and give them protection against the virus
Black mushrooms accumulate in the misery of Covid victims in India
The sharp rise in cases of black fungus has revealed the effects of over-healing during the Covid-19 wave disaster in India when prolonged prescribers violate prescription policies and become terrified of having self-medication.
-Excessive prescription steroidsmainly attributed to the outbreak of deadly fungal infections in the treatment of Covid-19 patients and the shortage of medicine to treat it.
Doctors have reported that there is an abundance of patients with black fungus or mucormycosis who start a nose with a death rate of at least 50 percent and it spreads rapidly to the eyes and brain.
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