Hyderabad residents are facing Post-COVID sequelae as cases of respiratory problems are taking place in large numbers. Most of them had contracted the pandemic in April and May 2020 coming back to pulmonologists.

COVID sequelae are referred to as acute issues arising from a chronic ailment. The customary presenting complaint of COVID sequelae cases is that they used to have no respiratory problem prior to developing Covid, but even months after recovery, having tested negative and discharged, they continue to have persistent dry cough and breathlessness. 

Dr Pradyut Waghray, a chief pulmonologist at the Kunal Institute of Medical Specialities sad, “We are seeing many such cases of Covid sequelae.”

Some of them might need ventilator help in view of damaged lungs. “Most patients, who require this, may have had a history of prolonged ICU admission or prior heart or lung-related ailments, or they may suffer from immune-compromised conditions like underlying diabetes or chronic kidney disorder,” said Dr Viswesvaran Balasubramanian, consultant interventional pulmonologist at the Yashoda Hospitals.

Some of these patients may even end up having lung transplantation because of irrecoverable damage to the lungs.

According to Balasubramanian, there has been a spike in the incidence of myocardial infarction and brain stroke, after recovery in Covid survivors.

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