COVID-19 may manifest as mild, moderate or severe disease with each grade of severity having its own features and post-viral implications. With the rising burden of the pandemic, it is vital to identify not only active disease but any post-recovery complications as well. This study was conducted with the aim of identifying the presence of post-viral symptomatology in patients recovered from mild COVID-19 disease. Presence or absence of 11 post-viral symptoms was recorded and we found that 8 of the 11 studied symptoms were notably more prevalent amongst the female sample population. Our results validate the presence of prolonged symptoms months after recovery from mild COVID-19 disease, particularly in association with the female gender. Hence, proving the post-COVID syndrome is a recognizable diagnosis in the bigger context of the post-viral fatigue syndrome.
From the mere outlook of the ongoing pandemic, coronavirus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 or SARS-CoV-2) seems to target mainly the respiratory system, but more evolving evidence has advocated its multi-organ involvement. While various complications have been reported in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients, spontaneous pneumomediastinum (SP) remains an uncommon complication.
COVID-19 may manifest as mild, moderate or severe disease with each grade of severity having its own features and post-viral implications. With the rising burden of the pandemic, it is vital to identify not only active disease but any post-recovery complications as well.This study was conducted with the aim of identifying the presence of post-viral symptomatology in patients recovered from mild COVID-19 disease. Presence or absence of eleven post viral symptoms was recorded and we found that eight of the eleven studied symptoms were notably more prevalent amongst the female sample population. Our results validate the presence of prolonged symptoms months after recovery from mild COVID-19 disease, particularly in association with the female gender. Hence, proving the post-COVID syndrome is a recognizable diagnosis in the bigger context of the post-viral fatigue syndrome.
Inferior vena cava (IVC) is a large collapsible vein whose diameter and extent of inspiratory collapse are known to correlate with right atrial (RA) pressures; hence, IVC dilatation represents a cardiac pathology. IVC dilatation in the absence of any cardiac involvement is termed as idiopathic. We report a case of a 39-year-old male who presented with abdominal pain and had an incidental finding of isolated IVC dilatation with diminished inspiratory collapsibility and normal RA pressures. This case report emphasizes that IVC dilatation may not always have an underlying cardiac pathology.
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