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The impact of COVID-19 infection on miscellaneous inflammatory disorders of the gastrointestinal tract.
The novel coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic has emerged as a highly significant recent threat to global health with about 600,000,000 known infections and more than 6,450,000 deaths worldwide since its since its emergence in late 2019. COVID-19 symptoms are predominantly respiratory with mortality largely related to pulmonary manifestations, but the virus also potentially infects all parts of the gastrointestinal tract with related symptoms and manifestations that impact treatment and outcome. COVID-19 can directly infect the gastrointestinal tract because of the presence of widespread angiotensin converting ezyme-2 (ACE-2) ...
Source: Gastroenterology Clinics of North America - October 6, 2022 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Mitchell S. Cappell, Martin Tobi, David M. Friedel Source Type: research

COVID-19 - more than respiratory disease: a gastroenterologist's perspective.
Authors: Konturek PC, Harsch IA, Neurath MF, Zopf Y Abstract Severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV2) outbreak is the most dramatic event since World War II. Originating as a cluster of unexplained cases of pneumonia, it turned out that this viral disease termed COVID-19 is not only a respiratory infection, but a systemic disease associated with a number of extrapulmonary complications. One of the medical disciplines that is strongly affected by this viral infection is gastroenterology. COVID-19 causes in some patients typical symptoms of enteritis such as diarrhea or abdominal pain. There is als...
Source: Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology - July 9, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: J Physiol Pharmacol Source Type: research