
Lingering lung disorders 5 years post-COVID: Here's what to know
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Post-COVID pulmonary fibrosis, which involves scarring of the lungs that can worsen over time and may require a lung transplant, affects some patients after infection, according to pulmonologists.
Early infection caused extensive inflammation in many different body systems, noted Dr. Scott Scheinin, MD, director of lung transplantation for Mount Sinai Health System in New York City. "The flu and any other illness would be exacerbated because of the underlying scarring of the lung." Amy McGorry is a contributing health writer for Fox News Digital. Follow her on Twitter @amymcgorry.
"Once they cleared that infection, a lot of people were left with some amount of lung tissue being destroyed," Scheinin told Fox News Digital during an interview.
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