The doctor reported an unexpected manifestation of COVID-19

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Chief Physician of the Ambulance Station named after A.S. Puchkova of the Moscow Department of Health, Nikolai Plavunov, said that even with a normal oxygen content in the blood, computed tomography can show 40-50% of lung damage.

“If at the first stage we could evacuate all patients – there were few of them – to the hospital, then the situation changed further, we had more information about the clinical manifestations of this disease, respectively, we could clearly differentiate the algorithms of how to deal with the patient – he stays at home , he goes to the hospital or the patient is sent for a tomography to the polyclinic, and according to the CT scan, the final decision is already made, “Plavunov said in an interview with RIA Novosti on April 28.

The doctor clarified that often clinical signs in a person may not be pronounced, and therefore, even with normal saturation (oxygen content in the blood) on CT, health workers could see a picture of lung damage in 40-50%.

On April 21, it became known that scientists have established the mechanism of influence of COVID-19 on the manifestation of neurological complications in those who have undergone the disease.

Research has shown that COVID-19 can affect the kidneys, heart, lungs and brain. Patients who have undergone coronavirus infection often suffer from cognitive impairment, insomnia, anxiety, and other neurological symptoms. Until now, the mechanism of the virus’s influence on the brain has remained poorly understood.