Coronavirus might have long-lasting effects on the heart

[Chris Smith]

• The recovery time for most people infected with the novel coronavirus is short, especially for people who experience symptomless or mild versions of the disease.
• But some COVID-19 patients need months to regain their strength and will continue to experience symptoms due to the multi-systemic effects of the pathogen.
• Multiple studies that focused on the heart injury secondary to COVID-19 showed that patients could experience cases of myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle. Moreover, the virus infected the heart tissue in older patients who died from COVID-19 cases without causing inflammation.

The novel coronavirus might target the lungs most frequently, but the pathogen can have all sorts of effects on other organs as well. Early on, physicians observed stroke-like symptoms in COVID-19 patients, as well as heart attack manifestations, and dermatologists noticed skin lesions that appeared during infections. The key finding concerned blood clotting, a phenomenon observed in various organs of patients infected with the coronavirus. Blood coagulation can make breathing harder for the patient, and can cause heart attacks and strokes in the heart and brain, respectively. The introduction of blood thinners that can prevent coagulation inside the vessels in the therapy of COVID-19 patients will continue to save lives.

Many patients then noticed that getting rid of the virus is only the first step towards recovery. And that road can be a lot lengthier than expected. Some patients recover within weeks, but others may need months to get better. The virus can harm other organs, and patients may continue to experience all sorts of symptoms after the infection clears up. A couple of new studies from Germany that focused on the virus's action on the heart indicate that some COVID-19 patients might suffer long-lasting effects on the heart even after they recover.

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