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https://www.businessinsider.com.au/china-coronavirus-diagnosis-ct-scans-lungs-2020-2
https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-survivors-lung-damage-ards-fcim-intensive-care-research-2020-3
https://nypost.com/2020/03/17/coronavirus-doctor-says-lung-scans-for-young-patients-were-nothing-short-of-terrifying/
https://www.webmd.com/lung/what-does-covid-do-to-your-lungs#2
>When COVID-19 reaches the lungs, their mucous membranes — which line the various body cavities and air tracts — become inflamed. According to the NHS, this inflammation can then cause ARDS, whereby "fluid from nearby blood vessels to leak into the tiny air sacs in your lungs, making breathing increasingly difficult."
>Though the lungs of coronavirus survivors could return to "apparently normal" after six months with minimal issues — like a weakened ability to exercise — those who go on to develop ARDS could "take as long as 15 years for their lungs to recover," the FICM said, according to The Sunday Times.
>Earlier this month the Hong Kong Hospital Authority also found that two to three people out of a group of 12 recovered coronavirus patients were left with a drop in 20% to 30% in lung function. The authority added, however, that they could do cardiovascular exercises to slowly improve their lung capacity over time.
From the Belgian doctor:
>Dr. Ignace Demeyer, who works at a hospital in Aalst, said an increasing number of people between the ages of 30 and 50 have presented with severe symptoms, despite having “blank medical records” that show no underlying conditions that would make them high-risk, the Brussels Times reported.
>He said CT scans indicated they were suffering from severe lung damage.