Covid Revelations: Lungs Became Hard Like A Leather Ball

Though nearly a year has passed after the outbreak of Covid-19, vaccine is still said to be a few months away. Many of the vaccine candidates are in the Phase-II, Phase-III trials and are claiming to have had obtained positive results so far.

Meanwhile, the doctors are finding some interesting facts about the Coronavirus pandemic while providing treatment to the patients. According to doctors in neighbouring Karnataka, the lungs of a Covid-19 patient have become hard as a leather ball. This startling revelation came to light during post-mortem carried on the patient’s body.

It was also found that there was virus in nasal and throat swab samples even 18 hours after death.

A 62-year-old man died after contracting Coronavirus. On examining the body, the doctors came to know about some interesting facts. Nearly 18 hours after the death of the patient, the lungs became like a leather ball and there were some clots in the blood vessels. The air sacs were also ruptured.

The post-mortem was conducted on October 10 and it completed in an hour and 10 minutes. Dr Dinesh Rao of Oxford Medical College, who performed the autopsy, said that there is possibility for the virus to spread from bodies of patient.

“Autopsy of Covid victims helps in understanding the disease progression,” said Rao, who heads the forensic medicine department.

Covid tests were conducted by collecting samples from nose, throat, mouth, lungs, respiratory system, lung surface, face, neck and skin of the body.

RTPCR tests showed the nose and throat samples were positive for Coronavirus. “This means that a Covid patient’s body can be infectious.”

However, the samples collected from the skin tested negative.