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Jun, 2021
Gray matter is vital for processing information in the brain, enabling individuals to control movement, memory, and emotions. Covid-19 is not only a respiratory infection but takes a toll on the brain too and is linked to reduced gray matter, neurologists…
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Jun, 2021
On April 19, 2021, when the single day count of Covid patients in Nashik District reached to a high of 6800 and there was a shortage of Covid beds everywhere, 55 year old Mrs. Ratmala Upadhyay got admitted to a hospital in Satpur area of the city, her score of HRCT scan was 2. She was treated there for 8 days but her condition showed no sign of any improvement,…
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Jun, 2021
In the past few weeks, there have been reports that several patients are experiencing prolonged symptoms and health issues after recovering from Covid-19. An expert answers some common questions on this phenomenon termed as ‘Long Covid’ Although the second…
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Jun, 2021
People with heart issues in the second wave fell in the age group of 20 years to 50 years At the young age of 40, Raman Kumar, an executive with an airline firm in India, lost his life to heart failure days after he recovered from severe symptoms of COVID-19. Around the same time, in the month of April, at the age of 79, days after receiving the second dose…
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Jun, 2021
A 97 year old COVID positive lady was successfully treated at Wockhardt Hospitals, Nagpur. With her positive spirit, will to live and care given by the hospital, she has beaten the deadly virus and is living to tell a…
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May, 2021
A team of doctors at Wockhardt Hospital successfully performed surgery for post-Covid mucormycosis on a 60-year-old woman to save her eyes. Nagma Sheikh (Name changed), a housewife who is a resident of Mira Road, contracted Covid-19 in April and was admitted to a hospital for Covid treatment. Apparently, due to excessive use of steroids, the patient soon noticed symptoms such as intolerable headaches and blackish nasal discharge, nasal congestion, and…
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May, 2021
According to medical experts 'White Fungus' is deadlier than Mucormycosis as it affects other organs of the body apart from the lungs. Amid the rising concerns over the reporting cases of Mucormycosis or ‘Black Fungus’ in Covid recovered patients, recently there…
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May, 2021
COVID-19 was initially considered a respiratory disease but the SARS-CoV-2 virus can lead to serious systemic consequences affecting major organs including the digestive system. “As an adverse impact of lockdown, the sedentary lifestyle has increased to an apex. This, in turn, has added to an increase in Gastrointestinal problems”, says Dr. Piyush Marudwar, Consultant, Gastroenterology, Wockhardt Hospital, Nagpur. He talks about various impacts the long lockdown and work-from-home culture have…
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May, 2021
The coronavirus, despite having been around since 2019, is still an unknown entity on all of the symptoms and risks it and its mutations entail. The vaccine for it, which has been brought about after a speedy R&D, is…
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May, 2021
A harmless headache can be a symptom of the deadly covid-19 pneumonia. Stay alert and keep an eye on any unusual signs. Being forewarned is being forearmed, this idiom fits in perfectly well with the situation we are going through right now. Every single day, we are being bombarded with a lot of information around covid-19 – whether it’s new research or baseless rumors that have nothing to do with…
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