While quarantines are relaxed in our environment, the numbers of newly infected people reach the highest of the entire pandemic. Today more than one person is infected per second. And the consequences of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus are still a mystery.
It tends to be thought that SARS-CoV-2 is a respiratory virus that in most cases simply produces a mild upper respiratory disease (especially with the Omicron variant) and that only in the most severe cases ends in bilateral pneumonia .
This is certainly the case, but this coronavirus can have many more effects on our health.
The SARS.CoV-2 coronavirus is attacking more parts of the body
There are numerous clinical cases published in prestigious medical journals showing that SARS-CoV2 affects other organs including:
– Brain,
– Eye,
– Hearing,
– Pancreas,
– Kidneys,
– Gastrointestinal tract,
– Heart
– and the vascular system.
There are also more and more cases of complex syndromes such as persistent Covid or various neurological disorders.
There is at least 4 pieces of evidence that it affects more organs
At this time we already have at least 4 different and rigorous types of evidence that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus affects a long series of organs.
– Many of them are collected from studies carried out in people who have suffered from Covid-19 and have overcome it.
– Others come from autopsies carried out on those who died from the disease.
First evidence: SARS-CoV-2 inside the organs
The first of these evidences could not be more rigorous. It consists of detecting SARS-CoV-2 directly within the organs.
In addition to upper airway mucosal cells, bronchial epithelia and lung cells, SARS-CoV-2 viruses have already been found
– Inside the brain,
– In the eyes
– in the ears,
– in the pancreas,
– in the gastrointestinal tract
– and in the vascular system.
It is proof that SARS-CoV-2 can infect these organs.
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The second evidence is a molecular test
This second evidence consists of finding in cells of different organs the molecular receptors (such as ACE2 and TMPRSS2) thanks to which SARS-CoV-2 can penetrate inside them.
Specifically, these ACE2 and TMPRSS2 receptors have been found in addition to in the cells of the respiratory system, which are the typical targets of Covid-19,
– in brain neurons,
– in olfactory neurons,
– in cells of the retina,
– in various types of cells of the ear,
– in cardiac cells,
– in pancreatic cells,
– in kidney cells
– and in various cell lines of the digestive and circulatory system.
The third evidence, in the laboratory
This third piece of evidence consists of verifying that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infects and destroys human cells in laboratory cultures.
In addition to the various respiratory mucosal cell lines, bronchial epithelial cells, and lung cells, coronavirus also grows readily and rapidly destroys heart, pancreatic, and various vascular cell types.
The fourth evidence, from medical practice
The fourth piece of evidence is less laboratory and more from medical practice.
It consists of a series of clinical signs and symptoms associated with the functioning of various organs.
Thus, numerous Covid-19 patients, in addition to suffering from the classic respiratory symptoms of the disease, end up suffering
– eye pain and itching,
– hypersensitivity to light,
– a significant hearing loss, tinnitus and vertigo.
– Serious alterations in kidney enzymes and severe kidney dysfunctions have also been found.
A very wide list of real problems that Covid brings
Other Covid patients have developed myocardial and heart failure, palpitations and arrhythmias, and chest pain.
Many of those who had the disease have developed pancreatitis
And in patients with diabetes there have been cases of severe hyperglycemia.
Also, several Covid patients have ended up suffering kidney failure of various kinds.
Digestive disorders such as nausea, loss of appetite, persistent diarrhea or intestinal blockages are especially common among people who have suffered from Covid-19.
Of particular concern are the vascular problems associated with Covid-19, especially thrombi of varying sizes in the blood vessels of various organs, which are among the mechanisms that cause various widespread damages of the disease throughout the body.
A particularly worrying case is that of the various brain damage associated with many people who have suffered from this disease.
In this sense, the neurological problems due to Covid include from the typical loss of smell and taste, to strokes, through headaches and encephalitis.
There is also a growing increase in people who are suffering from a number of cognitive problems such as confusion, difficulty concentrating and memory loss.
Also very troublesome psychiatric symptoms such as depression, anxiety have been reported in even psychosis.
A very damaging ability to adapt
Behind this facility to affect such a large number of different cell types and different organs could be the enormous adaptability of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.
This coronavirus has shown to have an amazing capacity for adaptation, being able to make the jump from animals to humans, as well as from humans to very different animal species.
So there is nothing to suggest that it does not have the ability to make the leap from some human cell types to others.
And we still do not know what consequences it can leave
It is still too early to know what will be the permanent sequelae that the SARS-CoV-2 infection will leave in tens of thousands of people.
But the vast majority of those who end up suffering from all these different diseases as a result of being infected with SARS-CoV-2 have one common characteristic: they were not vaccinated.
In unvaccinated people, the virus finds it much easier to spread through the body as there are no antibodies in the blood.
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