COVID-19 Patients Developing A Condition
That Causes Tongue To Permanently Expand So Much They Can Not Speak
Or Eat https://t.co/1mnNuQ1xAw— Afemai Reporters (@AfemaiR)
May 22, 2021
Handful Of Black COVID Survivors Experience
Massively Enlarged Tongues https://t.co/cpnIETf7Dx— zerohedge (@zerohedge)
May 21, 2021
Doctors in Houston are trying to figure out
why a handful of people hospitalized with COVID-19 develop
massively enlarged tongues. https://t.co/3m2XqX9jzg— KIII 3 News (@kiii3news)
May 21, 2021
美国新冠患者琼斯(Anthony Jones)康复后,出现罕见「巨舌」后遗症。
新冠肺炎(COVID-19)患者康复之后,可能要面对各种身心后遗症,甚至可能影响正常生活。美国竟有康复者出现「巨舌症」,舌头严重肿胀,甚至令他们无法説话或进食。
Doctors believe there might be something
about the virus that is making certain people more prone to the
rare condition. https://t.co/38hVhkzHTE— FOX61 (@FOX61News)
May 21, 2021
巨舌症是由于舌头发炎导致肿胀。负责研究和治疗这种疾病的学者说,目前美国德州休士顿出现9起相关病例,其中8名是黑人,不清楚是否与种族有关连。
专家指出,巨舌症本身是一种普遍疾病,但出现在新冠康复者身上极爲罕见,且程度严重。其中一名者琼斯(Anthony
Jones)染疫期间曾使用呼吸器,而在康复后便发现舌头开始肿胀,后来竟肿成正常人的几倍大,即使医生为他减少药物的剂量也没用,最后只好透过手术将琼斯过多的舌头部份切除。
学者说,目前仍未知他舌头肿胀的确切原因,但估计是与免疫系统对抗病毒产生反应,导致身体器官肿胀有关。先前有研究报告指出,有患者感染新冠病毒之后,心脏和其他器官都出现肿胀,但目前仍要更多的研究才能证实相关说法。
Houston patient left with inflamed Covid-19
tongue making it impossible for him to speak or eat https://t.co/LAYZctRcMa— The Street Journal (@WSJforum)
May 22, 2021
天钧丨今日时事新闻–慎入!新冠康复者出现又一后遗症:舌头大到垂胸前