Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

Vital Organ Damage One Year Following CoVid Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/2G-G-_akZTI   Nearly 60% of persons have at least one damaged organ one year after a CoVid infection.  Researchers at the University of Liverpool and University College London report this worrisome finding following their longitudinal study of 331 mostly non-hospitalized CoVid patients.   The study population had a mean age of 47 years and 73% were female representing young women who would not be expected to suffer organ damage under normal circumstances.  Quantitative multi-organ MRI imaging was used to assess organ impairment via 49 organ-specific metrics.   At one year after infection, 62% of patients manifest significant impairment in at least one vital organ, 22% had impairment in two or more organs, and 8% had involvement in 3 or more organs.  There was no significant difference in organ impairment in those with or without continuing symptoms with 62% of asymptomatic patients and 58% of symptomatic patients having organ impairment.