New Delhi: The leading private hospital in Delhi on Saturday claims that joint pain and back pain are the most common issues reported among post-covid patients in the orthopedic department.
Even after recovering from Koronavirus infection, a large number of people struggle with post-covid complications, ranging from weakness to falling hair and skin complications.
According to Dr.
Vishal Nigam, orthopedic surgeons and spine at Moolchand Hospital, “Back pain and joints after Covid has become the most common presentation at an orthopedic clinic.
Nearly 15 percent of patients present with joint pain or arthralgia, and 45 percent of patients, and 45 percent.
Comes with muscle pain or Mialgia “.
Joint pain can be temporary or can last longer, he said.
One wrong step taken by the patient is trying to return to normal routine quickly despite weaknesses.
This leads to injury than recovery.
Exercise and routine must be developed in stages, respect the fact that the body is weak and takes time to regenerate, said the doctor.
“Post-covid fatigue leads to fatigue and preventing the commencement of normal activities,” said Nigam.
Aging causes a medically disruption of joints and spinal bones called joint degeneration and discs.
Until one active and fit, this degeneration may not cause symptoms.
But if the muscle weakness because the disease causes fitness loss, this degeneration causes joint pain.
Temporary joint pain increases as fitness and activity back to normal gradually, he added.
“More serious and more durable joints can be in the form of reactive arthritis.
Similar to inflammatory responses that damage the lungs, cytokines also damage the joint capsules.
Generally seen in other viral diseases such as Chikungunya and also sometimes seen in Coronavirus infection, “Doctor said.
The pain in this condition is associated with joint swelling, and more severe and durable.
Such pain increases after a period of time is not active, like waking up from the bed in the morning, he added.
The number of Covid-19 cumulative cases on Friday stood at 14,35,419 in Delhi.
More than 14 lakh patients recovered from the virus.