Heto Pala ang Itsura ng BAGA kapag May COVID Infection.

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X-ray images and CT scans including those of a Chinese man, 44, who died from coronavirus show how the disease ravages its victims' lungs.

The scans show white patches in the lower corners of the lungs which indicates what radiologists call ground glass opacity - the partial filling of air spaces.

Such abnormalities identified by doctors in the scans of coronavirus patients are similar to those found in patients suffering from SARS and MERS.

The shocking chest X-ray of one coronavirus victim, a 44-year-old man who worked at the Wuhan seafood market thought to be the origin of the outbreak, clearly show the ground glass opacity abnormality.

The scans, released by the Radiological Society of North America, show how the fluid in the spaces of the man's lungs became more pronounced over time, as evident when comparing image A to image F.

The man was admitted to hospital on December 25, 2019 after suffering from a fever and cough for almost two weeks. Doctors diagnosed the man with pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Despite being treated by doctors, he died a week later.

The CT scans of a 54-year-old woman who caught the coronavirus after travelling to Wuhan, China, show the same partial filling of air spaces.

SOURCE: DAILY MAIL

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