At least 70 percent of coronavirus patients in a new study were still suffering from lung trouble months after leaving the hospital. Researchers in Henan Province, China, looked at 55 patients who … ...

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.

Covid-19-related lung transplantation is a byproduct of the pandemic, one that will be a part of transplant practices for years to come. ... Lung transplants after Covid-19 raise difficult issues.

Protracted inflammation linked to post-COVID lung problems. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2022 / 02 / 220208104942.htm ...

Pulmonologists are seeing far fewer new COVID-19 patients with major lung problems, but some whose lungs were ravaged by the coronavirus earlier in the pandemic continue to struggle.

In theory, the burden of actual lung injury post-COVID-19 should be the easiest to quantify, so let's discuss what we think we know. I've heard experts break post–COVID-19 lung injury into three ...

Even after a mild case of COVID-19, some people suffer breathing problems that last for months. Now, a new study suggests many of them may have abnormalities in the small airways of their lungs.

Source Reference: Townsend L, et al "Persistent poor health post-COVID-19 is not associated with respiratory complications or initial disease severity" Ann Am Thorac Soc 2021; DOI: 10.1513 ...

Heart problems have also been observed in children infected with the new coronavirus. For this study, Bellan and his colleagues followed 238 COVID-19 patients ranging in age from 50 to 71 years.

University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have discovered how severe COVID-19 can destroy immune cells' ability to repair the lungs, helping explain the lingering effects of long COVID.

Daisy Martinez did her best to avoid the coronavirus. “Everyone was kind of shocked when I came down with it, because I was so protected. I always wore the PPE, washing my hands,” said ...

Coronavirus primarily impacts the lungs and some may experience lingering issues after recovering from infection. Various COVID breathing exercises, from deep belly breathing to humming, can help you ...