Thick blood clots in kidneys, lungs and brains of COVID-19 patients has made doctors uncertain about treatment options.

Doctors have expressed concern about blood clots in COVID-19 patients and are trying a new treatment protocol while awaiting new study results.

Doctors have expressed concern about blood clots in COVID-19 patients and are trying a new treatment protocol while awaiting new study results.CNN reported that according to Dr Kathryn Hibbert, director of the medical intensive care unit at Massachusetts General Hospital, unusual blood clotting has been noticed in some COVID-19 patients' lungs, kidneys or brain. Dr Hibbert has added that those clots might be life-threatening if it affected the heart or other organs. She has also said that the cause of blood clots might be caused by the coronavirus itself or due to the body's response against the virus.

A study from Thrombosis Research, a peer-reviewed journal from Netherland, states that the rates of blood clotting in COVID-19 patients are remarkably high. It mentioned that in a study of 184 patients in COVID-19 intensive care, 31% of them have had blood clots.

As per the Reuters article, Dr David Reich from New York's Mount Sinai Hospital stated that they have developed a new treatment protocol because of the observation of unusual clotting or thickening of the blood in the organs of COVID-19 patients. He added that patients are given high doses of blood thinners to avoid the clotting, even before any evidence of clotting appears.

NBC News has also reported similarly by quoting a pulmonologist who works at the North Shore University Hospital on Long Island.

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