Lungs

World Heart Day 2021: Why COVID-19 survivors are returning to hospitals with reduced heart functions

After their recovery from COVID-19 many patients have reportedly rushed back to hospitals where they complained about reduced heart functions, heart attacks and strokes

Research shows vaping link to COVID-19; long-term effects of infection in e-cigarette smokers still unknown

Experts have warned that the virus in all likelihood capitalizes on the scarred lungs of smokers and vapers.

All those diagnosed with TB should get tested for COVID-19 says health ministry

Tuberculosis and COVID-19 are infectious diseases, which primarily attack the lungs and present with similar symptoms of cough, fever and difficulty in breathing.

Exposure to air pollution not only increases risk of asthma attacks but also of disease onset in children

The researchers found that while children whose parents had asthma were still more likely to develop the chronic disease, those who were exposed to higher levels of small particulate matter (PM 2.5) and nitrate pollution also had an increased risk of asthma onset.

Flushing the toilet can fling a cloud of Coronavirus aerosols up to 91 centimetres into the air, infecting another user

Growing evidence shows that coronavirus can be passed not only through respiratory droplets but also through virus-laden faeces.

COVID-19 complications: High oxygen flow from ventilators changes microbiota, makes lungs vulnerable to damage

The scientists found that in the critically-ill patients, high flow oxygen from mechanical ventilation promotes the growth of microbes in the lungs which can result in pneumonia and abscess.

Decoy ACE2 proteins can be used to prevent COVID-19 causing virus from entering host cells, claims US study

Viruses are intracellular parasites, meaning they need the machinery of our body cells to make copies of themselves.

Post COVID-19 care: Here are some exercises and positions to manage breathlessness during recovery from coronavirus infection

The WHO says that a few positions are likely to reduce breathlessness.

Delhi govt to give pulse oximeters to all COVID-19 patients in home isolation: What the device does and how to operate it

The alarms on a pulse oximeter will alert you if your blood oxygen levels drop below 90 percent, if you have low or high pulse rate or if the oximeter cannot detect your pulse.

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder can affect non-smokers too; smaller airways may be to blame, finds study

A group of scientists concluded that smaller airways relative to lung size is a strong risk factor for COPD as these people would already have low lung function from the beginning.