After Black Fungus, Doctors Now Warn Of Gangrene Post Covid, Worst Covid Impact Yet To Come?

 

you've got coronavirus to worry about

black fungus to worry about now there's

a serious threat of thrombosis and

gangrene

that looms large particularly for covet

patients

patients now have an added risk of

suffering from thrombosis which is blood

clots post recovery

and this is due to low immunity the

coagulation

or the system that regulates blood flow

is compromised after being

affected from the virus it can affect

the lower limb

the upper limb heart arteries brain or

any part of the body

early diagnosis within one to six hours

is crucial

in the circumstances however if symptoms

are ignored

thrombosis can lead to gangrene and that

could even result in amputation of the

affected body part

gangrene essentially is the death of

tissues due to a lack of blood supply

patients with co-morbidities like

hypertension like diabetes kidney

ailments

are more prone to gangrene experts say

that cases of thrombosis and gangrene

have increased

in the second wave of the pandemic

compared to that of the first wave