healthUpdated: Nov 20, 2020, 17:54 ISTBoston University biomedical engineers and collaborators from the University of Vermont have begun to crack one of the most life-threatening mysteries behind the relationship between silent hypoxia and coronavirus following different scenarios. All the findings would be done with the help of computer models and comparisons with real patient data. Silent hypoxia is a condition when oxygen levels in the body are abnormally low, which can cause major damage to the vital organs of the body if gone undetected for a long period of time. Hypoxia’s ability to quietly inflict damage is why it’s been coined “silent.”According to the research, coronavirus is believed to first damage the lungs restraining them to function properly. Those tissues then lose oxygen, causing silent hypoxia.

Source: Hindustan Times November 20, 2020 12:25 UTC