How does COVID-19 impact your lungs?

| Dec 06, 2020, 03:11:00 PM | TOI.in
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COVID-19 is no simple virus. From the respiratory system to the heart and the brain, it can unload a host of symptoms on your body. The most profound, and the impactful ones are on the lungs. Lung damage is also one of the reasons for COVID severity and mortality rate. A change in respiratory functioning, or damage on the lung walls can also lead to shortness of breath, respiratory distress, infection and the much feared, COVID fibrosis. Dr. Arvind Kumar, Chairman - Institute of Chest Surgery, Chest Onco-Surgery & Lung Transplantation at Medanta talks about some of the reasons how the SARS-COV-2 virus can prove to be deadly for our vitals and impact your health in the long run. He also lists some preventive measures and simple exercises which can improve your lung health. Watch the video to know more:

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