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Re:Iran lawmaker says 50 dead from coronavirus in city of Qom by funklute on Monday February 24, 2020 @06:52AM (#22403294)
Are you aware if there is any data yet on what proportion of recoveries will experience lasting lung/other damage? For example, is the permanent lung damage seen so far (which I've only anecdotally read about, I must admit) mostly related to ARDS?
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Re:Iran lawmaker says 50 dead from coronavirus in city of Qom by gzer0 on Monday February 24, 2020 @07:04AM (#22403359)
From a quick glance through UpToDate:

[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=32053470

Not allowed to do this and not sure how long this will be up; the entire UpToDate reprint on the latest we know about COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

[2] https://www.scribd.com/document/448592904/COVID-19

Edit: adding the SCRIBD to the main post. It's free. All 18 pages if anyone is interested.

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Re:Iran lawmaker says 50 dead from coronavirus in city of Qom by qiqitori on Monday February 24, 2020 @07:12AM (#22403393)
(IANAD)

I don't think it is possible to derive any reliable facts from the data right now. Even if the patients who recovered from COVID-19 still find that there is something wrong with them, that could still go away in a week or a month or a year.

However, here is a tiny bit of information on the long-term effects of the 2003 SARS outbreak:

https://www.lung.org/lung-health-and-diseases/lung-disease-l...

> A small percentage of patients had long-term effects from their illness, including depression or anxiety, cough, shortness of breath, chronic lung disease or kidney disease. However, most patients fully recovered.

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Re:Iran lawmaker says 50 dead from coronavirus in city of Qom by funklute on Monday February 24, 2020 @07:17AM (#22403422)
Yes, I think you may be right. I did find this, on the long-term effects of ARDS, and the effects are frankly a bit scary. Whether you survive or not, ARDS is clearly something to be avoided.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5757654/

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