官方表明：SARS病人有骨疾病恶化倾向
发布日期：2003-11-11

SARS patients prone to bone degeneration, officials claims 2003-11-10 / Agence France-Presse / Some 50 patients who recovered from SARS in Hong Kong are suffering from bone degeneration possibly caused by the drugs used to treat the potentially fatal virus, the Hospital Authority said yesterday. HA Chairman Leung Che-hung said the authority had contacted about 1,500 patients who had recovered from the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and found about 50 of the 500 who had undergone medical examinations were found to have avascular necrosis. The disease results from the temporary or permanent loss of blood to the bones, causing tissue to die and sometimes bones to collapse. It commonly affects the ends of longer bones. Medical experts have said the problem in some recovered SARS patients was possibly linked to the use of the controversial anti-viral drug ribavirin and steroids. However, Leung told reporters there would be no need for the patients to undergo any further operation. The amount of disability that results from avascular necrosis depends on which part of the bone is affected, the size of the affected area and how effectively the bone rebuilds itself. Earlier this year, SARS infected more than 8,000 people worldwide, killing 774.