The ongoing infection of coronavirus for the last three years has seen increasing health problems in many ways. Due to infection, negative effects have been seen on the lungs heart, and many other organs as well. Researchers said that corona infection is causing damage to all parts of the body, and its long-term risks can be serious. In one such shocking case, scientists reported that a six-month-old baby's brown eyes turned blue after taking the medicine for COVID-19. This unusual medical side effect of Corona has taken everyone by surprise.
According to media reports, the child is a resident of Thailand and was found to be corona-infected after symptoms of fever and cough. Doctors reportedly gave her the antiviral drug favipiravir for three days, which started improving her symptoms, though a change in her eye color was noticed thereafter.
Health experts said that this is a serious side effect for which all people need to be alert.
The child's eyes turned blue due to Kovid's medicine
The medical report of the child has been published in the journal Frontiers in Pediatrics. Doctors immediately stopped giving favipiravir to the child after such unexpected symptoms were observed in the child's eyes, the study reports. After about five days, the child's eye color was restored.
In the medical report, the authors stated that this type of side effect of the drug has been observed only in the eyes. There is no change in the color of the skin, nails, or any other part. Symptoms improved after 3 days of favipiravir therapy.
Side effects of covid-19 medicine
Significantly, Favipiravir was approved by the Thai Ministry of Public Health last year for the treatment of Kovid-19 for those with mild corona symptoms. In the report of the study, doctors have said that this is the first case of its kind in which such unusual symptoms have been observed. This case describes unusual adverse effects in people receiving this drug for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Health experts say cases of corona are increasing rapidly globally, and all people need to be alert about the side effects caused by it.
WHO alert regarding Corona?
Given the increasing cases of corona, the World Health Organization (WHO) has advised all countries to be alert. WHO said, in many countries where winter is starting these days, there is a need for all people to be careful about the risks of corona. Keeping in mind the increasing risks of new variants, there is a need to increase vaccination and surveillance of coronavirus cases. Although limited coronavirus data is still available in some countries, WHO estimates that the large number of infected cases has increased worldwide.
New variants are increasing the risk
WHO officials said, cases of infection and death are increasing in the Middle East and parts of Asia, with infected people in many parts of Europe requiring intensive care. The infectivity rate of new variants is being seen as higher, Apart from this, due to the additional mutations seen in it, the risk of infection is also being seen in those who have been vaccinated or those whose body has been infected naturally after the previous infection. Immunity remains.
Moderna and Pfizer have also developed vaccines targeting the new variants.
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