Organ damage might affect over 50 % of post-COVID-19 individuals and perhaps more in adolescents and children.
Review of organ damage from COVID and Long COVID: a disease with a spectrum of pathology - PMC
Up to 70% of SARS-CoV-2 infected have reduced organ function for 4 months or more after infection, which leads to an increased risk of developing chronic diseases in e.g. lungs, kidneys and the cardiovascular system.
“Even though the etiology of COVID-19 is complex and there are multiple factors involved, decreased organ function has been associated with mitochondrial dysfunction for both the acute phase and post-acute phase of COVID”
“Heart attacks🫀in people under 40 have risen 66% since the beginning of the COVID pandemic. COVID is a vascular disease
COVID can affect the cardiovascular system by increasing blood stickiness, which raises the likelihood of blood clot formation.”
“In this population of healthy young adult US Marines with mostly either asymptomatic or mild acute COVID-19, one fourth reported physical, cognitive, or psychiatric long-term sequelae of infection. The Marines affected with PASC showed evidence of long-term decrease in functional performance suggesting that SARS-CoV-2 infection may negatively affect health for a significant proportion of young adults.”
