Ahmedabad: The impact of Covid-19 in internal organs such as the heart and lungs and to some extent even blood circulation systems are well documented in the past two years.
But a new field where the impact of infection can be seen is the intestine microbiota – the world of microorganisms in the human body – indicates several international studies.
Research appoints good bacterial depletion based on patient manure analysis.
Experts say that it is one reason why some patients experience ‘long covid.’ City-based gastro-intestinal (GI) surgery said that they had also seen the involvement of stomach in the second and third pandemic wave.
Dr.
Ishan Shah, a GI surgeon based in the city, said that international around 540 research articles on available topics were published in famous journals such as nature.
“If we can synthesize research, we can argue that epithelial epithelium intestinal epithelial (layer) also has ACE 2 receptors – the same in the lungs.
Thus, covid patients often have problems such as intestinal irritation syndrome (IBS) or gastroenteritis (GE) , “he said.
He added that the thinning of bacteria is good – especially in senior citizens – can cause a severe form of infection or delay in recovery.
“We thus recommend probiotic intake for recovered patients for some time to balance Microbiota’s gut,” said Dr.
Shah, added that Indian-based studies were needed to understand the impact of Covid infection in Gut Microbiota.
Dr.
Shravan Bohra, a GI surgeon based in the city, said that around 15-20% of Covid patients in the third wave have the only symptoms associated with the stomach – diarrhea, abdominal pain or abdominal pain.
“The symptoms last for 2-3 days in most patients.
In addition, those who are ‘covid long’ – phenomena where patients restored need maintenance for more time – have also reported IBS and GE.
We advise them with stomachs upset Covid recovery to consult a doctor once, “he said.