Covid symptoms: Avascular necrosis could be a long Covid symptom affecting the bones
Reports of avascular necrosis have been on the rise with doctors fearing there may be more cases in the next few months. The condition affects a person’s bones causing joint pain causing limited range of motion. How is avascular necrosis related to long Covid?
In a study published in BMJ, avascular necrosis as part of long COVID-19 symptoms was investigated.
Long COVID-19 is a term used to describe the long-term effects of COVID-19 infection that continue for weeks or months after the patient has recovered from COVID-19, noted the study.
It continued: “Emerging evidence suggests that COVID-19 adversely affects different human body systems as a part of ‘long COVID-19’, such as Guillain-Barré syndrome, lung fibrosis, pulmonary thromboembolism, cardiomyopathy, sensory dysfunction and stroke.
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