Severity of COVID-19 and Liver Diseases
Author(s): Kritika Upadhyay and Pramita Muntode*
Abstract
Background: COVID-19 or Coronavirus disease 2019, the emerging pandemic grappled the whole world and turmoil was seen all around the world. Since its inception, it spread to every nook and corner of the world affecting almost everyone mostly in negative way. The hazard that the novel Coronavirus swept through its power of creating fatal medical results and extraordinary infectious made it a, once in a century clinical emergency and hence was declared as public health emergency of international concern by the WHO. No such occasion in the last 100 years of human civilization had been so destructive in the past. Summary: Along with COVID-19, liver ailments were widely occurring around the world and were considered as one of the worst co morbidity to have. Liver is the largest auto regenerative organ in our body, but COVID-19 affected it in an extremely adverse way. The crucial functions the liver performs must be continuous and hence uninterrupted monitoring of the liver enzymes, which are the indicators of the patients deteriorating condition can help and aid to reduce mortality. Conclusion: Liver ailments by itself are a serious topic that whole world was worried about, the future course of these ailments such as liver cirrhosis and fatty liver. COVID-19 aggravated the existing condition. Liver ailments and COVID-19 show bidirectional relationship aggravating each other. Yet, more data is needed to support the claim of the bidirectional relationship of the liver ailments and COVID-19. Close monitoring of the patients is essential considering the unpredictable nature of the constantly mutating novel Coronavirus.