Rajkot: blood clotting, black mushroom and bacterial infection.
If you think, the post-covid complication list will only end at that time, here is another annoying trend that the doctor sees in Gujarat.
High doses of steroids in covid treatment lead to avascular necrosis or bone death which in turn encourages patients to go for hip treatment or hip replacement.
Patients in the age group 40 to 60 years approached orthopedic doctors with complaints of hip pain.
“In the past month, I got 20 new patients with hip pain complaints.
All have steroid history.
We first treat them with drugs and if the problem continues, we suggest MRI to diagnose the stages of hip bone deformation.
Based on that we made a decision Whether the hip needs to be replaced, “said Dr.
Bhavesh Sachde, a Rajkot-based joint replacement surgeon.
Others get 4-5 patients with such complaints in a month.
Some patients with skin diseases or asthma who need steroids for a longer period also suffer from hip bone deformation.
“If a patient is in the final stage, we need hip replacement if not, we can save replacement.
In 30% of cases, if diagnosed earlier, patients need a replacement after 5-10 years,” said Dr.
Sachde.
“In the pre-era Covid, I used to get one patient in two weeks with complaints of bone pain in my opd.
But now I see five new patients in a week.
All are victims of Covid and these cases come because of high steroid use, “said Orthopedic Surgeon Dr.
Hiren Kothari.
“We are afraid that more patients like that will come in the next four to five months.
Earential to say that how many require hip replacement but many of them will be treated at this time may require a replacement of hip in the term Long, “he said.