The Effect of Covid-19 on Liver

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of Pathological Analysis, College of Applaied Science, Samaraa University.

2 Department of Pathological Analyses, College of Applied science, University of Samarra

Abstract

Wuhan City, China has reported the identification of the first occurrence of the respiratory disease brought on by a new coronavirus since December 2019. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) shows variation symptoms such as fever (100%), cough (73%), headache (23%), sore throat (23%), sputum production (47%), chest pain (15%), Dyspnea (82%), diarrhea (33%), anorexia (65%), Fatigue (100%). The percentage of males from the total samples was (62.7%) while the females were (37.3%). The laboratory tests to confirm SARS-CoV-2 infection were positive RT-PCR, D-Diamer with rang 636.9-10000g/ml, and CRP rang 37-110 mg/L.  Coronavirus causes damage to hepatocytes that elevated liver enzymes, ALT, AST, ALP and TSB with a range of 25%, 34.4%, 15% and 25% respectively.  

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