Impact of COVID-19 on the Gastrointestinal Tract: A Clinical Review

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread rapidly throughout the world, causing a pandemic that has resulted in more than 5 million deaths globally. The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is known to have high expression of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptors in the human body, making it...

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Autores principales: Ghazanfar, Haider, Kandhi, Sameer, Shin, Dongmin, Muthumanickam, Aruna, Gurjar, Hitesh, Qureshi, Zaheer A, Shaban, Mohammed, Farag, Mohamed, Haider, Asim, Budhathoki, Pravash, Bhatt, Tanushree, Ghazanfar, Ali, Jyala, Abhilasha, Patel, Harish
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9017282/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35464519
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.23333
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Sumario:Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread rapidly throughout the world, causing a pandemic that has resulted in more than 5 million deaths globally. The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is known to have high expression of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptors in the human body, making it prone to direct damage from the cellular invasion of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Numerous GI symptoms have been reported among patients with COVID-19. This systemic review details the mechanism and effects of COVID-19 on the GI tract along with the hepatobiliary and pancreatic systems.

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