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Covid-19 can affect almost all organs, say experts at AIIMS

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COVID-19.Dr Guleria said eight months into COVID-19, a lot has been learnt and accordingly strategies are being changed from time to time.

From what we thought of as a viral pneumonia has a lot of other manifestations which are beyond the lungs, he said."As we have known more and more about COVID-19, we have realised it causes many extra pulmonary manifestations.

This is basically of the fact that this virus enters into cell through ACE2 receptors which although are present abundantly in upper airways and lungs, they are also present in many organs and thus other organs are also affected."We have seen many patients who presented with features which are not been predominantly pulmonary but extra pulmonary manifestations," Dr Guleria said.He.

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