Another side effect of COVID-19 has emerged!

MYTH and Massachusetts Eye and Ear A new study by COVID-19 disease inner ear damage reveals that it does. In previous research, the coronavirus heart, lung, upper respiratory tract and brain It has been revealed that it damages many organs and systems such as

In this new study, the team hearing and balance critical for hearing hair (including hair cells) inner ear He stood on his cells. Because patients thought to be associated with coronavirus dizziness and balance problems were observed. Here are the findings of the study…

COVID-19 also damages the inner ear!

cytomegalovirus, mumps virus and hepatitis viruses All viruses can cause deafness. But there is little research on how viruses cause deafness. That’s why before the COVID-19 outbreak began, MIT Lee Gehrke and Prof. Bertarelli Foundation. Dr. Konstantina Stankovic started working on a joint project. Dual, human inner ear infections He set out to develop cellular models to study it.

in early 2020, SARS COV-2 After the virus emerged, researchers changed their plans. Stankovic at Massachusetts Eye and Ear COVID-19 test positive in people hearing loss, tinnitus, and dizziness He saw that they were alive. Then the duo created the model system they were working on. SARS-CoV-2 infection Decided to use it for review.

Researchers have found that the virus that causes COVID-19 disease is actually in the inner ear, especially in the inner ear. auditory hair and Schwann cells showed that it can. In addition, they found that other cell types in their model were not susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection.

The human hearing hairs, which the team examined, play a role in sensing head movement and maintaining balance. vestibular were cells. In addition, scientists have cochlear auditory hairs also showed that it has proteins that allow SARS-CoV-2 entry. team, working Communications Medicine published in the magazine.