Saturday 23 September 2023 13:07, UKA third of long COVID patients sustained damage to multiple organs five months after infection, a study has found.
Scans of patients who were treated in hospital for COVID-19 showed higher rates of damage to the lungs, brain and kidneys compared with the non-COVID control group.
How badly the organs were affected was often due to the severity of their infection, their age and other diseases in the body.
Study lead Dr Betty Raman said people who had more than two organs affected were “four times more likely to report severe and very severe mental and physical impairment”.
R&I ~ MJM