Study confirms longer-term lung damage after COVID-19.

[2greys]

A study by Sheffield and Oxford researchers using a cutting-edge method of imaging has identified persistent damage to the lungs of COVID-19 patients at least three months after they were discharged from hospital, and for some patients even longer.

This damage was not detected by routine CT scans and clinical tests, and the patients would consequently normally be told their lungs are normal.

Further early research by the team has shown that patients who have not been hospitalised with COVID-19 but who are experiencing long-term breathlessness may have similar damage in their lungs, and a larger study is needed to confirm this.

In a paper published in Radiology, the world’s leading radiology journal, the researchers from the University of Oxford and University of Sheffield said that hyperpolarised xenon MRI (XeMRI) scans had found abnormalities in the lungs of some COVID-19 patients more than three months – and in some cases, nine months - after leaving hospital, when other clinical measurements were normal.

sheffield.ac.uk/news/study-...

Radiology. Study Paper:

pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/r...

[Maggie_Mae]

Thankyou for this post 😁I’m going to read full report later , this interests me very much . very interesting that this study will help open minds & recognition of the long term effect long after actual virus .💐

[Katinka46]

It is a fascinating piece of research, especially for me as I had the same Xenon gas MRI in Sheffield last July. It is a good scan for identifying lung damage. The Covid damaged lung pictures are remarkably like mine. I think it will prove to be a very important development for a diagnosis of a lot of lung diseases.Thanks, we have messaged about this before, but if a piece of research is important it is worth posting twice.

Kate xxx

[2greys in reply to Katinka46]

Yes I have posted about this before, this is just a conformational study.

[Katinka46 in reply to 2greys]

I hope you are both well and able to enjoy a little more freedom.Kx

[shouty]

I had Covid in Dec & feel Bronchiectasis has deteriorated somewhat. Seeing Post Covid Syndrome Clinic in June