Pulmonology

Possibilities of the Pulmonology Department

The Institute of Advanced Medicine VIRTUS has all necessary technical equipment for the effective diagnosis and treatment of various diseases of lungs and respiratory tract (ultrasound lung scanner, bronchoscope). The admission of patients is caried out by a pulmonologist and therapist of the highest category (with professional experience over 40 years), candidate of medical sciences Lyudmila Mikhailovna Bobrik.

Innovative cell-based technologies are used at the Institute of Advanced Medicine VIRTUS to treat pathologies of the lungs and lower respiratory tract (chronic, autoimmune). The use of patient’s own (autologous) stem cells makes it possible to restore organ tissues affected as a result of disease, restore full respiratory function and increase general and local cell-bound immunity response.

Cell therapy is an effective and safe method of preventing coronavirus infection, due to the stem cells ability to contribute to the restoration and strengthening the immune response. Administration of stem cells in the treatment of COVID successfully suppresses the cytokine storm (the reaction of the immune system to the virus), preventing the development of a severe form of the disease, and also avoids the development of complications. Cell-based therapy after Covid-19 promotes rapid recovery of lung tissue and the body as a whole.

Post-covoid rehabilitation

Coronavirus infection often has severe manifestations. But even in cases of mild and moderate form, the disease does not pass away without a trace for the body. Covid-19 most often leads to the development of some complications:

• respiratory organs — pulmonary fibrosis, bronchitis, pleurisy, bronchiectasis
• gastrointestinal tract (gastrointestinal tract) – colitis, diarrhea, constipation
• cardiovascular system – thromboembolism, heart failure
• nervous system – numbness of the fingers of the extremities, memory disorders and others

Persistent feeling unwell after Covid-19 is called postcovid asthenic syndrome or postcovid asthenia. It occurs due to the fact that the virus weakens the human immune system, thus leading to the development of intoxication and damage toblood vessels.

Common symptoms of postcovid syndrome include:

• weakness
• memory degradation
• shortness of breath
• increased fatigue
• insomnia
• vertigo
• constipation, diarrhea
• numbness of the fingers of the extremities
• apathy

If there are at least some of these symptoms, you need to contact a pulmonologist and undergo rehabilitation. Without treatment, the symptoms of postcovid syndrome will increase over time, which can lead to the development of heart, lung failure and neurological diseases.

Lyudmila Mikhailovna Bobrik, pulmonologist, therapist of the highest category, candidate of medical sciences: “Every new wave of coronavirus differs from the previous one by the nature of complications that patients experience. At the beginning of the pandemia, the coronavirus provoked mainly lung tissue damage. The previous wave of Covid-19 is characterized by an increase in cases of complications related to the nervous system and brain.”

At the Institute of Advanced Medicine VIRTUS, cell-based technologies are used for the treatment of post-ovoid syndrome, in addition to medications therapy. The administration of stem cells triggers the mechanism of natural recovery of damaged organ tissues and strengthens the immune system response.