Covid and Liver Damage

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Effects of Hepatitis B Virus Infection on Patients with COVID-19: A Meta-Analysis - PubMed

Covid and Hepatitis B: "COVID-19 patients infected with HBV should receive more attention, and special attention should be given to various liver function indices during treatment."

#Liver #hepatitis

·pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov·Jun 15, 2023

Effects of Hepatitis B Virus Infection on Patients with COVID-19: A Meta-Analysis - PubMed

laurie allee on Twitter

Starting thread on Covid and Hepatitis.

#Liver #hepatitis

·twitter.com·Jun 15, 2023

laurie allee on Twitter

Liver injury in COVID-19: Known and unknown

"This review describes the causes of liver injury in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), including inflammatory storms, hypoxia, drug factors, and viral damage to liver cells, and discusses the treatment of liver injury with COVID-19,"

#Liver

·ncbi.nlm.nih.gov·Jun 15, 2023

Liver injury in COVID-19: Known and unknown

Hep4

"Initial COVID-19 data have also indicated that healthy infected individuals display abnormal liver function tests, suggesting a possible direct implication of SARS-CoV-2 in liver damage."

#Liver

·aasldpubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com·Jun 15, 2023

Hep4

2022

preprint finds that a #SARSCoV2 variant mimics human liver protein that may trigger T-cell autoimmunity—thus might damage the liver. Authors suggest it could explain a surge in children hepatitis. Note: ORF-1 protein is not found in vaccines.

#autoimmune #T-cells #Liver #hepatitis #Kids

·biorxiv.org·Jun 15, 2023

2022

'We're done with COVID, but COVID is not done with us': Doctors warn of new sub omicron variant wave

"New hypothesis being created out there that previous COVID infections prime your immune system. Co-infection w/new virus creates antigens that are common w/ liver antigens as well. U get this kind of autoimmune hepatitis related to past COVID infection"

#Liver #autoimmune

·abc13.com·Jun 15, 2023

'We're done with COVID, but COVID is not done with us': Doctors warn of new sub omicron variant wave

Raina MacIntyre 😷💉💉💉💉 on Twitter

Twitter thread: Let's talk about the mystery epidemic of #hepatitis in children. It's most likely a complication of #COVID19 but may take a while to be adjudicated as such. The syndrome has been seen in children <17, mostly unvaccinated kids <5 years. A thread.

#Liver #Kids #hepatitis

·twitter.com·Jun 15, 2023

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Chris Turnbull on Twitter

'Significant liver injury progressing to acute liver failure should be considered in those with SARS-CoV-2 infection.'

#Liver

·twitter.com·Jun 15, 2023

Chris Turnbull on Twitter

Systemic Viral Infections and Collateral Damage in the Liver

#Liver

·ncbi.nlm.nih.gov·Jun 15, 2023

Systemic Viral Infections and Collateral Damage in the Liver

Tom Andrews on Twitter

Detailed Twitter analysis thread on Covid and the liver

#Liver

·twitter.com·Jun 15, 2023

Tom Andrews on Twitter

Molecular consequences of SARS-CoV-2 liver tropism

Study: "We find that liver injury, indicated by a high frequency of abnormal liver function tests, is a common clinical feature of COVID-19 in two independent cohorts of patients with COVID-19 requiring hospitalization.

#Liver

·nature.com·Jun 15, 2023

Molecular consequences of SARS-CoV-2 liver tropism

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SARS-CoV-2 infection of the liver directly contributes to hepatic impairment in patients with COVID-19

#Liver

·journal-of-hepatology.eu·Jun 15, 2023

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