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The findings may explain why COVID-19 pneumonia lasts longer and causes more harm than pneumonia caused by other causes. Research shows COVID-19 pneumonia spreads like many ‘wildfires’ throughout the lungs | Photo Credit: iStock Images
New Delhi: A new study has found that COVID-19 pneumonia may be more deadly than regular pneumonia. According to the researchers at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, COVID-19 pneumonia spreads like many ‘wildfires’ throughout the lungs, unlike typical pneumonia that can be caused by a wide variety of bacteria, viruses and fungi.
The study authors believe that the findings may explain why COVID-19 pneumonia lasts longer and causes more harm than pneumonia caused by other causes.
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Research Reveals Why COVID Pneumonia Is More Deadly
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TUESDAY, Jan. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News)
Unlike regular pneumonia, COVID-19pneumonia spreads like many wildfires throughout the lungs, researchers say.
This may explain why COVID-19pneumonia lasts longer and causes more harm than typical pneumonia, according to the researchers at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago.
The research team said that their aim is to make COVID-19 more like a bad cold.
For the study, the team analyzed immune cells from the lungs of COVID-19pneumonia patients and compared them to cells from patients with pneumonia caused by other viruses or bacteria.
New study examines why COVID-19 pneumonia is so severe
and last updated 2021-01-13 15:34:46-05
CHICAGO â A study published this week in the scientific journal Nature examines why COVID-19 pneumonia lasts longer and causes more damage to lung tissue than typical pneumonia.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, scientists have been trying to figure out why the novel coronavirus is so destructive to the lungs.
âPneumonia that lands people in the ICU on life-support does tend to last longer than pneumonia that is caused by other types of bugs,â said Dr. Benjamin Singer, one of the co-authors of the study and an assistant professor of pulmonary and critical care at Northwestern Universityâs Feinberg School of Medicine.