Patients are now facing stomach ailments post COVID-19
The coronavirus has caused much harm to the body, apart from respiratory issues it has been found that people are now suffering from stomach ailments. Representative image
Updated: Jan 7, 2021, 03:30 PM IST
There are some classic post COVID-19 symptoms like cough, fever, body ache, neurological symptoms, brain fog, poor appetite, fatigue and shortness of breath which we all are aware of. But symptoms like diarrhoea, digestive issues, swelling of the liver, low sugar and pancreatic problems are getting missed by people. As per doctors, around 30 per cent of the severely infected critical patients and senior citizens who come out of the ICU after recovery have post-COVID digestive issues, while youngsters may suffer mild symptoms like diarrhoea.
Maharashtra: Pus forms inside woman s entire body, first such case of COVID side-effect in India
The woman was hospitalised immediately and a team of doctors removed almost half a litre of pus from her body. Representative photo
Updated: Dec 24, 2020, 11:38 AM IST
Amid the new cases of Coronavirus infection, medical practitioners and doctors are faced with new issues. Recently, a woman complained of pain in her waist and back in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad. On examination, doctors found her body filled with pus and antibodies to the COVID-19 infection were also found. This is the first such case in the country.
The woman had got infected with the COVID-19 infection and had recovered.