Researchers at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School are reporting the first instance of COVID-19 triggering a rare recurrence of potentially serious blood clots in people s arms.
Rare blood clot disorder among people who received J&J vaccine
The COVID-19 pandemic is well into its second year. However, startling new discoveries about the SARS-CoV-2 virus and a long list of the health complications it sets off are continued to be made. Now, scientists have reported the first recorded instance of COVID-19 triggering potentially lethal blood clots in the arm; which is also the first chronicled instance of the recurrence of such a condition due to the viral infection.
According to researchers from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, COVID-19 may trigger blood clots in peoples arm s and also lead to the recurrence of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in patients with prior history of the condition. The discovery was made after an 85-year-old COVID-19 patient developed upper extremity blood clots a condition he was diagnosed with and treated for in the past.
Covid can trigger blood clots in arms, finds NRI scientist
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New York, May 15 : A team of US researchers led by an Indian American scientist has reported the first instance of Covid-19 triggering a rare recurrence of potentially serious blood clots in patient s arms.
The discovery, published in the journal Viruses, improves the understanding of how inflammation caused by Covid can lead to upper extremity blood clots and how best to treat them.
While there have been reports of lower extremity deep vein thrombosis following Covid-19, this is the first study in which the disease triggered a recurrence in the upper arm of an active 85-year-old man who had a prior diagnosis of upper extremity blood clots.
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