New Delhi: It’s been more than a year since Covid-19 was stated global pandemics.
But this disease continues to surprise the medical community with its unique manifestation.
Recently, the doctor at the City Hospital found a 48-year-old woman who has developed inflammation in post-covid bile.
Usually, inflammation like that is caused by a stone that blocks the tube that leads from the gallbladder to the small intestine.
The doctor at MedCity Moolchand Hospital told Tii Women did not have a stone or a history of bile-related diseases that would make it complications.
“He was hospitalized with Covid-related complications in May.
Two weeks later, he suffered stomach pain and fever that did not subside despite drugs.
Ultrasound confirmed inflammation in the gallbladder, but there was no stone.
That’s why we suspect that Complications are post-covid manifestations, “said Dr.
Sachin Amkarkar, consultant, laparoscopic department and minimal access surgery.
Amkar added that the woman was managed with intravenous antibiotics and other supporting steps.
“If inflammation in the gallbladder is not diagnosed in time, it can cause perforation in the organs, which can be proven fatal,” he explained.
The surgeon said Covid-19 was a Pandora box and no symptoms should be ignored.
“Initially, it is estimated that this disease only affects the lungs.
But we have seen how it can affect some organs, including the liver, pancreas, small intestine and even bile bile.
Therefore, it is recommended that people have to pay attention to symptoms, like taste Continuous pain in the stomach, rectal bleeding and extreme weaknesses among others, “Ambekar said.
Acute inflammation of post-covid bile has been reported from other countries as well.
The doctor from the University of Geneva Hospital reported at least two cases like that, as mentioned in the Journal of Hepatology.
“SARS-COV-2 infection can emulate acute cholecystitis, bile inflammation; Detection of virus RNA shows direct vesicular involvement, while the right pathogenesis still has to be explained.
Diagnosis of appeal can be challenging and fast testing for SARS-COV-2, and management Potentially conservative can make a difference for patient outcomes, “said the doctor in their case report.
The doctor at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital recently reported an infection caused by Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in restored covid patients which lead to rectal bleeding.
“Until now, it only affects immunocompromised patients, post-transplantation, cancer, AIDS, etc., but this is the first time in India that cases of anal bleeding related to CMV in patients who have recovered from Covid-19 have been reported,” the hospital is claimed , On Monday, Aakash Healthcare said nearly 50 patients had been hospitalized recently with gastrointestinal problems, including colitis, intestinal ulcers, liver abscess (pus in the heart) and post-covid pancreatitis.
“Post-covid complications must receive attention because they can appear as additional complications in people with respiratory failure and pneumonia,” said Dr.
Sharad Malhotra, Head, Gastroenterology Department.
Covid effects on other organs, such as brain, liver and kidneys, are also well documented.