COVID began to increase the body’s susceptibility to stress and the external environment

The consequences of the transferred COVID-19 remain serious, but the coronavirus has changed the structure of its own impact on the body. Thus, the virus began to increase susceptibility to stress and aggression from other viruses and the external environment, they said. TASS interviewed professionals.

“In terms of consequences, it has changed, switched the delayed effect on our organs. But in total, the consequences still remain serious. It has changed the structure of its effect on our organs,” – noted infectious disease doctor Evgeny Timakov.

Timakov added that COVID-19 has become a virus that partially disrupts the functioning of human organs, as well as “erases” the immune system and increases the body’s susceptibility to stress factors and aggression from other viruses and from negative environmental factors.

The doctor also stressed that coronavirus still affects memory and the nervous system as a whole. Often patients complain of panic attacks and disorders in the gastrointestinal tract.

“Neurosensory connections that were adequate before are disrupted, but this virus, let’s say, neutralized them, has to be restored again. This brain fog, when a person does not understand what they are saying, forgets what they are talking about. If the virus is neurotropic, it can affect various areas of our nervous system, – pointed out by the specialist.

Natalya Pshenichnaya, Deputy Director for Clinical and Analytical Work of the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor, drew attention to the fact that patients with coronavirus, regardless of the severity of the disease, often still have a set of persistent symptoms, including shortness of breath, fatigue, cognitive impairment, chest pain, myalgia and arthralgia.

“Of course, those who had a severe infection, were treated in the intensive care unit, such disorders can be more persistent and longer. And this is understandable: with any disease, if it was severe, long-term rehabilitation is necessary,” – Wheat said.

Evgeny Timakov also believes that the picture of the consequences of coronavirus has changed slightly with the advent of the Omicron strain.

“Our olfactory system is now suffering, but the gastrointestinal tract, the organs of the endocrine system are suffering to a greater extent. Problems with the cardiovascular system remain: this is mainly due to impaired vascular tone, increased pressure, again with delayed risks of thrombosis and in connection with this disruption of the venous system. Delayed strokes, delayed heart attacks persist, “ – he said.

Experts also pointed out that the consequences of coronavirus have changed in children.

“In children, the endocrine system, the gastrointestinal tract, are more often affected, certain allergic reactions are more often detected,” Evgeny Timakov concluded.

On February 26, the US Department of Energy called a laboratory leak the cause of COVID-19. Prior to this, the same theory, as “plausible”, was proposed to be considered in the national laboratory of the US government. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning rejected the version of the US Department of Energy and called for an end to discrediting China.

On December 31, 2019, Chinese authorities informed WHO of an outbreak of unknown pneumonia in Wuhan, Hubei Province. Experts have identified the causative agent of the disease – coronavirus. WHO recognized the outbreak as an emergency of international concern, and on March 11, 2020 declared a COVID-19 pandemic.