General Physician, Universidad de las Americas, Quito, Ecuador
Review Article
Covid-19 Post-Acute and Chronic Disease
Author(s): Celi E*, Espinoza C, Paredes A, Montenegro M and Velin D
A new coronavirus emerged in Wuhan-China at the end of 2019, apparently originating in a wholesale seafood market in that city due to the passage of the virus from a wildlife animal, probably a bat or pangolin, to humans. This coronavirus achieved an important adaptation in the body and generated a new disease that was called COVID-19, which causes Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). Little is really known about the possible medium and long-term consequences of this new disease. Many of the patients, due to the severity of their disease and/or due to the invasive management established in them, will develop squeal that could be permanent and that in one way or another are plausible through extensive tests requested by the health personnel. Likewise, it is essential to take into account the knowledge provided by past epidemics caused by other similar coronaviruses, which at the.. View More»
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