Now research shows Coronavirus patients may develop this brutal disorder

News about another brutal side effect of coronavirus has surfaced. Researchers have found that patients with COVID-19 can develop subacute thyroiditis, an inflammatory thyroid disease.

Subacute thyroiditis is usually preceded by an upper respiratory infection and causes neck pain. The study was published in Oxford’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.

Researchers in Pisa,  Italy found that an 18-year-old woman’s thyroid became infected after she had tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 (which causes COVID-19) in February. In March, she tested negative for COVID-19 but then came down with a fever and complained of very bad pain in her neck and jaw. She displayed an enlarged thyroid as well as an increased heart rate and tested positive for high thyroid hormone levels.

COVID-19 continues to show us many surprises,” Dr. David Hiltzik, director of head and neck surgery at Staten Island University Hospital in New York City told  US news. “It has been shown to manifest in so many different organ systems throughout the body, so it is not surprising that the thyroid joins the many other areas that have been affected by the disease.

Luckily subacute thyroiditis is quite treatable. The Italian woman was given prednisone which helped her neck pain and fever and the rest of her symptoms dissipated after a week.

Thyroiditis can be caused by many different infections including mumps and HIV so this isn’t a surprising side effect of COVID-19 which is causing a number of post-viral infections.

According to John Hopkins University, more than 5.2 million cases of COVID-19 have been reported around the world and there have been 338,000 deaths.

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Govt issues fresh guidelines for discharge of coronavirus patients

Revised Discharge Policy for COVID-19The revised discharge policy is aligned with the guidelines on the 3 tier COVID facilities and the categorization of the patients based on clinical severity 
(Available at: https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/FinalGuidanceonMangaementofCovidcasesversion2.pdf)

1 .Mild/very mild/pre-symptomatic cases  
Mild/very mild/pre-symptomatic cases admitted to a COVIDCare Facility will undergo regular temperature and pulse oximetry monitoring. The patient can be discharged after 10 days of symptom onset and no fever for 3 days. There will be no need for testing prior to discharge.  
At the time of discharge,the patient will be advised to follow the home isolation for further 7 days as per guidelines available at(https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/GuidelinesforHomeIsolationofverymildpresymptomaticCOVID19cases.pdf).

At any point of time, prior to discharge from CCC, if the oxygen saturation dips below 95%, patient is moved to Dedicated COVID Health Centre (DCHC). 
After discharge from the facility, if he/she again develops symptoms of fever, cough or breathing difficulty he will contact the COVID Care Centre or State helpline or 1075. His/her health will again be followed up through tele-conference on 14thday.

2.Moderate cases admitted to Dedicated COVIDHealth Centre (Oxygen beds) 
 2.1.Patients whose symptoms resolve within 3 days and maintains saturation above 95% for the next 4 days 
Cases clinically classified as “moderate cases”will undergo monitoring of body temperature and oxygen saturation. If the fever resolve within 3 days and the patient maintains saturation above 95% for the next 4 days(without oxygen support), such patient will be discharged after 10 days of symptom on set in case of:
Absence of fever without anti-pyretics 
Resolution of breathlessness
No oxygen requirement 
There will be no need for testing prior to discharge

At the time of discharge,the patient will be advised to follow the home isolation for 7 days as per guidelines available at https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/
GuidelinesforHomeIsolationofverymildpresymptomaticCOVID19cases.pdf).

 2.2.Patient on Oxygenation whose fever does not resolve 
within 3 days and demand of oxygen therapy continues

Such patients will be discharged only after  
resolution of clinical symptoms  
ability to maintain oxygen saturation for 3 consecutive days

 3.Severe Cases including immunocompromised (HIV patients, transplant recipients, malignancy) 
Discharge criteria for severe cases will be based on
Clinical recovery
Patient tested negative once by RT-PCR (after resolution of symptoms)



 

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