MUMBAI: The initial fear that many post-Covid patients would later develop lung fibrosis is fast receding in the medical corridors. Even lungs of patients who suffered from severe Covid and pneumonia, are showing signs of healing within three-six months, according to a study by doctors from a Mumbai hospital.
“We found in the maximum number of patients, the lung function continues to get better,” said the study’s main author, pulmonologist Dr Sumeet Singhania from Kokilaben Ambani Hospital, Andheri. The initial findings of the study were recently published in ‘Lung India Journal’.
The team began the study mainly because of the mass neurosis among patients about Covid destroying their lungs. “But we found the majority of these patients, by the end of three months, showed very good improvement in the lungs, both structurally and functionally,” said Dr Singhania. Each patient’s lung function test and CT scan were performed.
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