Covid virus sticks to ACE-2 receptors and it is affect people's endocrine glands. Also, there have been several reports of scrotal discomfort in Covid-19 positive people.

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Covid virus sticks to ACE-2 receptors and it is affect people's endocrine glands. Also, there have been several reports of scrotal discomfort in Covid-19 positive people.
"The department of internal medicine at Loyola University Medical Centre, Maywood, Illinois (the US) and the department of medicine, division of endocrinology, Loyola University Health Care System, and endocrinology section, medical service, VA Hospital, Hines, Illinois have revealed that SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) virus is causing moderate to severe disease in about 15 percent of post-Covid patients."
He further said, "It has widespread effects throughout the body with myriad clinical manifestations, including the endocrine system. It is having an impact on the pathophysiology and management of diabetes (both outpatient and inpatient) as well as pituitary, adrenal, thyroid, bone, and gonadal function," he added.
The gonadal hormones were more affected in males resulting in altered sperm quality and reduced testosterone.
He said these patients required proper treatment for four to six months.
The doctor said, "It is known to everyone that Covid virus sticks to ACE-2 receptors. Hence, it is affecting all the endocrine glands."
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