Covid causing liver damage lasting months after infection, study finds
2 years ago

Covid causing liver damage lasting months after infection, study finds

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Covid is causing liver damage lasting months after infection, according to new research. Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, discovered Covid-positive patients had a “statistically significant” higher liver stiffness than the rest of the population. “We don’t yet know if elevated liver stiffness observed after Covid-19 infection will lead to adverse patient outcomes.” Researchers compared patients who had Covid with two control groups, and each received an ultrasound shear wave elastography. “We hope to enrich our existing database with additional patient data and a broader scope of co-variates to better understand the post-acute effects of Covid-19 within the liver.” The team believe the higher median stiffness among the pre-pandemic control group, versus the pandemic control group, was due to referral patterns changing during the pandemic, and because the pandemic control group were older.

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