Although pulmonary manifestations are its most common consequence, COVID-19 causes systemic inflammation with varying presentations of cardiac involvement as well (10). In this multihospital retrospective cohort study of nearly 3,00...
, particularly when there is no other evident cause of the symptoms. testing for other causes of respiratory illness, such as influenza, is strongly encouraged in these cases. however, a positive test result for another respiratory agent does not rule out coinfection. during an ongoing covid-...
Background COVID-19 pneumonia is a newly recognized illness that is spreading rapidly around the world and causes many disability and deaths. Some diseases, for instance diabetes, is continuously suggested as a risk factor which contributes to the severity and mortality of COVID-19. However, to...
L.S. reports grants from Wellcome, MRC, NIHR, UKRI, British Council, GSK, British Heart Foundation and Diabetes UK outside this work; K.B. holds a Sir Henry Dale fellowship jointly funded by Wellcome and the Royal Society; H.I.M. is funded by the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit ...
However, it is important to continue to monitor mortality after vaccination as more deaths are being registered, and extend the surveillance to other age groups and deaths from other causes. Methods Ethical approval was obtained from the National Statistician’s Data Ethics Advisory Committee (NSDEC...
or a complex disease course. Recent studies proposed a number of mechanisms regarding possible causes of liver damage in COVID-19 patients. This review gave an overview of the case series that are currently available, highlighted the most recent research on hepatobiliary consequences in COVID-19,...
Just how the virus causes long-term damage to the heart and blood vessels remains a matter of debate and active research. One possible mechanism is inflammation of the endothelial cells that line the inside of the heart and blood vessels, Al-Aly says. But the researchers also include a laund...
It may feel like years, but the world has only been battling the deadly novel coronavirus for months. As scientists feverishly work around the clock to unravel the mysteries of this deadly invader, they have gained interesting insights into the virus and the disease it causes: Covid-19. ...
"People might have pre-diabetes with chronic, subclinical inflammation before they get COVID-19. So, when they do get infected with the virus, they could develop hyperinflammation that causes metabolic stress and more insulin resistance. As a result, they manifest overt diabetes," she says. ...
Type 2 diabetes develops when the pancreas does not make enough insulin, and the body can't use insulin as well as it should. That means sugar cannot move into the cells, and it builds up in the blood. Exactly what causes type 2 diabetes is unknown, although genetics and environmental fa...