Despite the increased attention to pneumonia caused by COVID-19, researchers found that a large number of patients with coronavirus infection new type of dying due to a special anomaly. This writes Eurekalert citing the research of experts from Ireland.
So, many infected with a severe form of the disease there is abnormal blood clotting. The researchers analyzed indicators of kovid critically ill patients and came to the conclusion that the fatal results in the formation of microthrombi in the lungs.
From the point of view of one of the authors of scientific works, Professor James O’donnell, such complications do not arise in other kinds of lung infections. In his opinion, this may explain the drop in the level of oxygen in the blood in patients with coronavirus infection of the new type.
Irish scientists have found that patients with a high level of coagulability of blood more susceptible to complications from COVID-19 and require hospitalization.
According to experts, the abnormal blood clotting in people with a severe form of coronavirus can increase the chance of heart attack or stroke.
