COVID-19 patients getting free oxygen provided by Hemkunt Foundation in Gurugram. | Photo Credit:
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Those who have recovered from the virus should not let guard down as they could develop lung fibrosis, blood clotting
Even weeks after complete recovery, COVID-19 patients can experience new or recurring mild symptoms ranging from general fatigue, body ache, headache, joint pains, cough, depression, anxiety and difficulty in thinking or concentrating to severe breathlessness, chest pain and painful swelling of the limbs.
However, doctors warn that there can also be serious complications that can lead to re-admission even after full recovery. It includes lung fibrosis, delayed thromboembolic events (formation of clots in blood vessels) and bacterial and fungal infections.
Health by Merryn Johns, Angie Raphael, Zoe Smith, AFP 24th May 2021 5:54 AM
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‘Young people with no comorbidities at risk in second COVID-19 wave’
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Last Updated: May 22, 2021, 10:15 AM IST
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Experts feel three major factors are at play. First is happy hypoxia. The young feel uneasy after oxygen saturation is seriously low the delay in hospitalisation complicates treatment and narrows chances of survival. In Paras Hospital in Patna, for instance, all 47 patients with hypoxia currently are in the 30-35 age group.
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(This story originally appeared in on May 22, 2021)The increase in fatalities among Covid-infected people below 50 in April and May this year is worrying the medical fraternity across the country. Doctors and hospitals are recording a growing proportion of younger people among Covid deaths as compared to last year and a lowering of the average age of patients admitted to the ICUs.