100 times higher than average. The study discovered that cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT), a blood clot in a cerebral vein in the brain, is more common after COVID-19 than in either of the reference classes, with 30% of cases occurring in people under the age of 30. According to the study’s findings, which involved a total of 500,000 COVID-19 patients, the chance is one in 39 million. Oxford’s Maxime Taquet, one of the authors of the study said, “The signals that COVID-19 is linked to CVT, as well as portal vein thrombosis, a clotting disorder of the liver, is clear, and one we should take note of”.
Mr Satwik explained how the virus causes blood clots in COVID-19 patients, saying that the virus is known to bind itself to the inner lining of the lung, and that very thin blood vessels or capillaries are located right next to these air sacs. The surgeon said, “The virus invades these blood vessels and starts affecting the inner lining of these blood vessels which produces a dysfunction within the blood vessels which produces these clots”. He said that several physicians were using blood thinners as part of their care to overcome this issue. Mr Satwik added, “What we have understood is these micro clots need immediate retrieval in order to save the limbs”.
Mr Satwik also mentioned that determining the prevalence of clots in the entire COVID-19-infected population is difficult. He said that while it is difficult to assess COVID-19’s susceptibility, people with known cardiovascular morbidities are more likely to develop thrombotic complications.
Mr Kumar claims that clots in COVID-19 patients seem to develop in the tiny vessels of the lungs rather than the main vessels, and that clots in the lungs are more common in cases of strokes, heart attacks, and deep vein thrombosis. Mr Kumar added, “Risk of COVID-19 patients associated with blood clots are stroke (clot in the cerebral artery), clots in the lungs, heart attack, deep vein thrombosis, and thrombosis in both upper and lower limb arteries. Stroke can cause paralysis, but we have not seen any such so far in our hospital”.
