Coronavirus: Chinese doctor returns whose skin has been darkened by covid-19 – People – Culture

October 27, 2020 World

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Yi Fan, the Chinese cardiologist who went viral on social media due to the sudden change in the color of his skin after suffering from covid-19, a disease caused by the new coronavirus, has appeared again in public, after recovering in his home for almost five months.

Yi Fan and his partner Hu Weifeng, both doctors who worked at Wuhan Central Hospital, They contracted the virus in January of this year and their skin turned dark. Images of their unusual change have gone around the world.

(You can also read: Two men who survived the coronavirus had darker skin.)

Yi Fan managed to heal and her skin regained its natural color.

Skin change

Both doctors had to go into a coma induced by the complications caused by the covid. When they woke up they found that their skin tone had darkened.

In an interview with a reporter from “China Central Television” (CCTV), Yi said that the fear he felt when he saw his dark skin forced him to receive psychological treatment.

According to Chinese state media, this change in her skin was due to a “hormonal imbalance from the damage the coronavirus has caused to their liver“.

However, Dr. Li Shusheng, who treated his colleagues, told the TV network that Yi and Hu’s skin darkened due to a drug given to them during the early stages of treatment.

(You can read: What is known and ignored in six months of the pandemic).

Chloroquine, an antimalarial drug that was later recommended for the treatment of COVID-19, was the drug given to men.

Its use may have caused liver damage in patients, hence the change in the skin, as told by Shusheng.

“CCTV” also reported that Yi’s condition improved following his connection to a life support machine, called Ecmo, for 39 days.

Ecmo’s function is to pump oxygen into the blood.

On April 6, it was reported that Yi was recovering normally and that his injuries had largely healed.

But as he recovered, his partner, Hu, died in June after being ill for more than four months.

(Read also: Chinese doctor died whose skin turned black due to coronavirus).

Hu was a urologist and died at the age of 42. He worked at Wuhan Central Hospital.

His first public appearance

A video, taken from the local ‘Hubei Today’ portal, shows cardiologist Yi at Taikang Tongji hospital in Wuhan on Monday, October 26, after being at home for more than five months.

Yi came on the scene to thank Wang Chen, an academic who specializes in respiratory diseases and intensive care, who, he claimed, saved his life..