COVID-19 can wreak havoc on your body. So will it cause health issues decades down the road? – CBC
SARS-CoV-2 linked to lingering symptoms for some, while future impacts not yet clear
Jan 24, 2022
The illness once dubbed a “pneumonia of unknown cause” in the early days of 2020 has revealed itself to be something far more strange.
Two years into this pandemic, we now know COVID-19 can lead to a dizzying array of symptoms — from heart inflammation to brain fog to the loss of sense of smell or taste. Some people’s toes turn red; others go on to develop diabetes. SARS-CoV-2 also impacts various organs and sometimes causes long-lasting breathing problems, fatigue or chronic kidney impairment.
Time and research have shown that the virus has quite a knack for wreaking havoc on the human body under the right conditions. So what will that mean for the long-term health of millions of people who’ve been infected — months, years or even decades down the road?
“There are some ‘known’ unknowns, like what will the rate and duration of long COVID be for different individuals,” said Matthew Miller, an associate professor with McMaster University’s Immunology Research Centre in Hamilton.
“And then there are ‘unknown’ unknowns, like what might happen 30 or 50 years from now.”
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/covid-body-health-issues-1.6323589
