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OK, so this article is pretty terrifying:
Post-COVID lungs worse than the worst smokers' lungs, surgeon says
I quote:
She says patients who've had COVID-19 symptoms show a severe chest X-ray every time, and those who were asymptomatic show a severe chest X-ray 70% to 80% of the time. "There are still people who say 'I'm fine. I don't have any issues,' and you pull up their chest X-ray and they absolutely have a bad chest X-ray," she said. In X-ray photos of a normal lung, a smoker's lung and a COVID-19 lung that Bankhead-Kendall shared with CBS Dallas, the healthy lungs are clean with a lot of black, which is mainly air. In the smoker's lung, white lines are indicative of scarring and congestion, while the COVID lung is filled with white.
Edit: see @QuillcrestFalconer comment's below; he's right that the article may be a tad alarmist.
can't wait to have "former smoker" lungs along with COVID lungs...
I remember reading earlier this year that unless people have progressed to the point of emphysema, the lungs are incredibly versatile and able to rejuvenate.
Yes, but once actual scarring occurs it cannot be reversed as far as I know.
This article was posted on r*ddit and the first comment says this article refers to scans of people currently infected, and that scans taken months after the infection are mostly back to normal
Thanks a lot, you appear to be right. It's probably more nuanced though - there are research papers appearing on long term effects now, and they usually paint a worrying picture (though usually not for the asymptomatic infections).
I've also edited my original comment, thanks again.
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They're reporting on a doctor's tweet so
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