According to official records, a total of 3.34 crore people in India were infected with Covid-19, where 4.62 Lac surrendered to the virus.
It is widely known that the lungs are battle in battle against Covid and observed that they beat hard for many covid victims.
Pneumonia is one of the serious complications of Covid, which impacts the lungs in some cases.
But if you suffer from Covid, how do you really know if your lungs have fully recovered?
Prof.
(Dr.) Arvind Kumar, Chairperson, Institute of Chest Surgery, Onco-Surgery’s Chest and Lung Transplantation.
Joint Chief, Medanta Robotic Institute explained, “Whatever acute death caused, it is one aspect of it, but has left many disabled people and is deactivated in the long term and many of them will die early at that time coming, deaths that don’t Will appear in Covid’s death notes because this is not acute death.
This might occur in a few months or the coming year.
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But to clearly understand the situation, we need to first know that the long-term effects of Covid on the lungs depend on the severity of the infection in the initial attack.
There are three patterns we have seen – people who have minimal or light pneumonia (they have complete regression of all problems and they have recovered – CT scans them and everything is normal), the category of the two people who have moderate lung involvement (they have experienced Recovery but there is a kind of fibrotic patch; they suffer from the level of mild permanent damage but it is not enough to cause any clinical problems so that they live normal everyday life even though they are reduced the extra capacity that was previously present in their lungs) and the third group Are people who suffer from severe diseases that cause various types of complications and they have experienced permanent damage to the lungs, some of them have fibrosis, some have destruction of lung parts which lead to the formation of the cyst.
Many of them suffer from cavities, which develop fungal or pus and air infections around the lungs.
It has permanent damage to the lungs ranging from mild to severe.
Some permanently depend on oxygen.
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Dr.
Kumar explained, “The first group that has light involvement does not need long-term follow-up.
We have advised them all to do a lot of exercises such as holding breath, breathing in and it’s enough.
We advise the second category to test lung function (LFT) And CT scans at 6 months and follow-up then depend on how many abnormalities displayed tests.
The third group is of course on routine maintenance and follow up.
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Gather Lancelot Pinto, Pulmonologist Consultant, Hinduja & Mrc Hospital, Mahim, Mumbai added, “Fortunately, most individuals suffering from Covid-19 disease recovered very well from respiratory perspectives.
Individuals suffering from severe respiratory diseases (need oxygen or must be placed In the ventilator) it often recovered with scars in the lungs.
Such scar tissue is inefficient in transporting oxygen, which can cause shortness of breath, especially in strong activities that increase the demand for the body will be oxygen.
In the short term, after covid disease, several Individuals can also have hyperreactive airways, a phenomenon seen after respiratory virus infection similar to asthma.
Those who experience blood clots in the lungs can have a slower recovery and need to diluent blood until the lumps are cured.
Deconditioning the muscles that occur when someone hospitalized can also reduce efficiency The body in utilizing oxygen, which causes fatigue in the recovery period.
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Talking about the surprising findings of the Covid impact on the lungs, Dr.
Kumar shares, “We were surprised to see the way pneumonia in some patients destroyed various parts of the lungs so that it quickly made it look like honey honeycomb or filter.
Lungs that looked really Normal a few weeks ago looked really eaten by Covid.
Some patients who survived, who are young patients, now depends on oxygen permanently.
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Restoring lung function is very possible in many cases but requires regular breathing exercises to activate the lungs and allow them to recover.
But if you still feel, after months of recovery, that your lung capacity is compromised, it is best to reach your doctor and check it out.
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