Wuhan doctors skin changes colour after coronavirus battle left them fighting for their lives
THE skin of two Chinese medics in Wuhan has turned substantially darker after suffering liver damage from severe coronavirus infections.
Speaking to CCTV about his darkened skin, a worried Dr Yi admitted: "When I first gained consciousness, especially after I got to know about my condition, I felt scared.Credit: Beijing Satellite TVCredit: Wuhan Central Hospital And iron, which should have been stored in their liver, had flooded their blood vessels instead, as the organ was not working properly.However, a medic treating the urologist, Dr Li Shusheng, said he believed that both men's skin had turned darker as a result of the medicine they were first treated with upon their initial diagnosis.Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology
“Approximately two-to-ten per cent of patients with Covid-19 present with diarrhoea, and [the virus] has been detected in stool and blood samples."
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