เทียบรูปเอกซเรย์ชัดๆ ปอดผู้ป่วยโควิด “สาหัส” กว่าคนสูบบุหรี่จัด (คลิป)

ภาพเอกซเรย์ปอดผู้ที่หายจากโรคโควิด-19 : Shocking x-ray images show that the scarring and damage left on the lungs of recovered coronavirus patients is worse than that on the lungs of smokers. The pictures were shared by Dr Brittany Bankhead-Kendall, an assistant professor at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center who has treated thousands of Covid patients since the pandemic got underway last year. Credit: Dr Brittany Bankhead-Kendall

ภาพเอกซเรย์ปอดผู้สูบบุหรี่จัด : An x-ray of a smoker’s lung. Credit: Dr Brittany Bankhead-Kendall

ภาพเอกซเรย์ปอดคนปกติ : A normal healthy pair of lungs. Credit: Dr Brittany Bankhead-Kendall

ภาพประกอบ: REUTERS : Writing on twitter, Dr Bankhead-Kendall said: “I don’t know who needs to hear this, but ‘post-Covid’ lungs look worse than ANY type of terrible smoker’s lungs we’ve ever seen. “And they collapse. And they clot off. And the shortness of breath lingers on… & on… & on.”

ภาพประกอบ: REUTERS : Doctors have previously warned about the effects of long Covid, a set of symptoms experienced by many who have otherwise recovered from coronavirus. They include fatigue, breathlessness, palpitations, joint and muscle pain, and brain fog.

ภาพประกอบ: REUTERS : She said that, of the people she’s treated, all of those who had experienced symptoms had a poor chest x-ray. She said even people who had not experienced symptoms had poor x-rays around three quarters of the time.