Even in a mild form, coronavirus infection can lead to premature aging of the body, Anch Baranov, a professor at the School of Systems Biology at George Mason University, said on Wednesday, December 2.
She said that in November, the results of a study of biological materials from patients who had been ill with COVID-19 in moderate and mild form were published.
All patients were treated on an outpatient basis. Even among those people in whom the disease had practically no manifestations, 70% had pathologies of some internal organs. According to Baranova, the main pathology detected was fatty hepatosis, which has a detrimental effect on the liver, and fatty degenerations of the pancreatic tissue.
“Usually such diagnoses are made at 60 years old, and in the post-covid group – already at 40. I would say that the coronavirus brings our old age closer. It takes resources and brings old age closer, “RIA Novosti quotes the professor.
Based on the data obtained, the biologist concluded that further research and a more detailed study of the consequences of the infection were necessary.
“We need to start long cohort studies of discharged coronavirus patients and study them in detail: take tests, and more than once, to see what happens. This should be done. I know that such attempts have already begun, ”Baranova added.
At the end of November, therapist Alexander Melnikov listed non-obvious and rare symptoms of COVID-19. Among them are disturbances in the work of the gastrointestinal tract in the form of diarrhea, skin rashes and insomnia.
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