COVID-19 is a serious respiratory disease, but how does it really affect your lungs if you get infected? Here’s what coronavirus can do to your lungs in mild-to-moderate, severe, and critical cases.
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"Then the particles stick to a location in our body and the immune system activates and can create an inflammatory response." In 2021, a Harvard study found that thousands of COVID cases and deaths across California, Oregon and Washington could be linked to the increases in air pollution ca...
"COVID-19 can look different in different people," it says. "For many people, being sick with COVID-19 would be a little bit like having the flu. People can get a fever, cough, or have a hard time taking deep breaths. Most people who have gotten COVID-19 have not gotten very si...
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“Even though that wasn’t life threatening, it was serious,” he said. “With COVID-19, I could actually lose my life.” More than 20,000 prisoners have been infected and 295 have died nationwide — from Rikers Island inNew YorkCity to federal, state, and local lockups coast to ...
In the case of COVID-19, the virus primarily attacks the lungs. However, it can also cause your body to produce an overactive immune response which can lead to increased inflammation throughout the body. Myocarditis can impair the heart's ability to pump blood and send electrical signals. ...
From blood storms to honeycomb lungs, here’s an organ-by-organ look at how COVID-19 harms humans.