Coronavirus patients whose symptoms were not serious enough to be hospitalized seem to recover more slowly than patients who were admitted, according to a survey of 100 pulmonologists in the Netherlands by the association for doctors who treat lung diseases NVALT. "We are surprised by the high number of ex-Covid-19 patients who now come to us with complaints," Leon van …
Thousands of Netherlands residents who recovered from Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, may be left with permanent damage to their lungs, resulting in decreased capacity and more difficulty absorbing oxygen, Leon van den Toorn, pulmonologist chairman of the Dutch association of physicians for pulmonary disease and tuberculosis NVALT, said to newspaper AD. Van den Toorn expects …
Dutch pulmonologists want the government to completely ban e-cigarettes in the country. "We don't want any more e-cigarettes coming into the Netherlands", Leon van den Toorn, chairman of the Dutch association for doctors specializing in pulmonary diseases and tuberculosis NVLAT, said in an interview with newspaper AD. According to Van den Toorn, there are multiple "worrying developments" around e-cigarettes. At …
