Post-COVID-19 lungs look worse than smokers' lungs

If you still think COVID-19 is just flu, here’s some food for your thought. Dr Brittany Bankhead- Kendall, a Texas trauma surgeon took to Twitter to show that it is actually a rare occurrence to see X-Rays of any of her COVID-19 patients coming back without dense scarring.

She tweeted, “Post-COVID lungs look worse than any type of terrible smoker’s lung we’ve ever seen. And they collapse. And they clot off. And the shortness of breath lingers on… & on… & on.”

In a conversation with a leading news daily, the surgeon said that this would be a problem for all survivors and people who have tested positive for coronavirus. Bankhead-Kendall, who is the assistant professor of surgery at the Texas Tech University in Lubbock, has treated many patients since the pandemic first began.