Nagpur: Covid-19 can remain a mucosal (throat) rather than parenchym (lungs) for people who are fully vaccinated now, said Pulmonologist Dr.
Ravindra Sarnik, who is also a member of the Covid District Task Force.
Dr.
Sarnaik said this trend was seen now that a large number of people have been vaccinated, and even if the case rises or third wave strikes, the virus only affects the surface of the throat and not a lung.
“The biggest advantage of vaccination seen throughout the world is that viruses will not be able to influence the lungs with severe diseases.
Covid-19 is now being divided into two types – parenchim (lung involvement) and mucosa (surface or throat),” he said.
Dr.
Sararna added fear, without vaccines, seen during the same period last year, had subsided.
“Patients are not as much as tests because they are during the second wave.
This is the effect of vaccination.
One can test positive too, but the disease cannot spread further into the lungs, weaken it and influence gas exchange (oxygen level).
This almost disappears, “He said.
Anecdotal references to acceptance that can be ignored and there are no requirements of oxygenated beds among those who have recently tested positive throughout the world have formed the basis for the claims of Dr.
Sararna.
Consolidated data in mucosal and parenchym patients can provide a holistic picture, said Pulmonologist Dr.
Ashok Arbat.
“We have four covid patients recently.
One of them has parenchymal lung involvement.
Even among vaccination, there can be two types of covid patients,” said Dr.
Arbat.
However, Dr.
Arbat agreed that new covid patients had lack of lung involvement.
“Mukosa means RT-PCR positive but the lungs are not involved.
Parencymal means positive RT-PCR with lung involvement.
CT scanning is needed to ensure lung involvement.
In the coming days, patients may have infected lungs.
But it will be minimal.
This is because people have antibodies and are vaccinated, “said Dr.
Arbat.
He added that the H1N1 outbreak in 2014 was ferocious but relatively not much affected.
“Like days passed, the virus loses the virulation.
This is a natural process.
Similarly, the Covid-19 outbreak in the future will be mild but they may have mucosa and some parenchim involvement.
But the patient will recover,” he said.
Dr.
Arbat added that there were also patients with bilateral pneumonia but negative RT-PCR.
“A patient like that came to our hospital.
He is very important but recovered now.
Such cases show people affected but also recover and maximum have very lack of involvement,” he said.
Dr.
Sarnaik said it would also depend on the new variant of Delta, if they appeared, and how it affected people who were vaccinated.