Impact of Post COVID-19 Infection on Human Health at Hyderabad and Adjoining areas
Impact of Post COVID-19 Infection on Human Health at Hyderabad and Adjoining areas
Aneela Ahmed Tagar1*, Mahvish J. Channa2, Kanwal Ahmed Tagar3 and Kaka Kainat4
ABSTRACT
This study aims to detect the indicators of post-COVID -19 infections among survivors through biomarkers and to assess the impacts of post infections on human health including the malnutrition and mental health of patients. The study was conducted in the civil hospital Hyderabad and LUMHS Jamshoro. A total number of 65 post-COVID-19 patients were selected for the study with negative RT PCR tests. A questionnaire was filled after taking consent of patients whereas blood samples were collected to detect the biomarkers (Ferritin, D-dimer, C- reactive protein, LDH, CBC and troponin). The study reveals the following findings as majority of patients were in age group 37-47 years, male and were married. Moreover, the majority belonged to the medical field. The greater number of the patients were physically active. Only 18.5 % of patients reported co-morbidities such as diabetes in 12.3% with one exceptional case in which Diabetes developed after the occurrence of COVID-19 .The majority of the patients were symptomatic categorized as mild, moderate and severe. Consequently, the Isolation period in more patients was 15 to 20 days. It is found that the greater number of patients suffered from loss of appetite. Furthermore, the BMI of the patients before COVID-19 in 3.1% patients was underweight, whereas the BMI of the patients after the COVID-19 in 12.3% was underweight. The major symptoms in patients were Fatigue, headache and Dyspnea. The majority of the patients had emotional problem during COVID-19 including anxiety and depression. Additionally, Biomarkers remained increase in patients (i.e, ferritin, D- dimer, CRP, LDH and CBC was slightly altered in subjects. Lastly, Troponin levels were normal among survivors. The conclusion of present research is that COVID-19 impacts overall health of patients including; long lasting symptoms, malnutrition, anxiety, depression and alterations in Biochemical markers (Ferritin, D-dimer, CRP, LDH, CBC), that was also correlated with age, severity, weight, anxiety, decreased diet, BMI and sex of patients.
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