Dr. Reda Al-Wakeel, Professor, revealed liver And the digestive system at Ain Shams Medicine, stated that the Corona virus was believed to be a virus that only affected the lung, but with the emergence of other complications, it turned out that it does not affect the respiratory system only, but in many cases leads to vomiting and diarrhea, and these symptoms can appear before the appearance of respiratory complications, In cases where increased bile and liver enzymes appeared.
He said during the first conference of the Alexandria Federation of Doctors of Liver, Digestive System and Endoscopy, that the surface protein sticks to the cells of the body and found that the receptors in the body to which the surface protein sticks causes serious complications to the body and changes in liver enzymes and an increase in bile as the corona virus infects the bile ducts and therefore the cells The immune system that attacks the virus issues a cytokine storm when large quantities of it are secreted, and in this case it attacks the kidneys, liver and circulatory system, and it may lead to death, explaining that from the beginning of the pandemic, 6 million deaths occurred in the world, and in Egypt 6 thousand patients died out of half a million infections with the virus, He explained that it is this storm that causes death as a result of attacking the cells of the body, and respiratory failure and failure of various body organs can occur.
He added that when a cytokine storm occurs, not enough blood reaches the liver, causing liver failure.
He explained that the drugs that are prescribed to treat corona cause serious complications on the liver, especially as they do not bring benefit to the patient.
He said that some liver cancer patients and obese patients are more prone to complications, as well as those with cirrhosis, explaining that people with B or C virus were afraid of the virus reappearing, and the epidemic prevented some from taking treatment for the virus, explaining that mysterious hepatitis may be a result of Corona virus infection, and it may cause bile, and some cases may develop acute hepatitis that leads to liver transplantation or death, and the World Health Organization is seeking to find a treatment and prevention of the disease.
