Covid-19 not a just lung disease, can also cause dangerous blood clots: Experts
updated: May 07 2021, 18:53 ist There is increasing evidence to suggest that Covid-19 is not just a disease of the lungs as initially thought but can also cause dangerous blood clots which need to be immediately retrieved to save limbs in some cases, say experts. Global studies have shown that the prevalence of blood clot formation known as deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in hospitalised Covid-19 patients is 14-28 per cent and is a lower 2-5 per cent for arterial thrombosis. The Indian experience is similar, said experts, stressing that the infection is about the blood vessels as much as about the...