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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">2971</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"> http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2020.SP24</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Awareness Among College Students on the Changes in Hematological Parameters Due to COVID-19&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>A.</surname><given-names>Muralidharan V.</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>R.</surname><given-names>Gayatri Devi</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>S.</surname><given-names>Gheena</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>20</day><month>10</month><year>2020</year></pub-date><volume>ti</volume><issue>-b</issue><fpage>191</fpage><lpage>196</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Introduction: COVID-19 pandemic is caused by the coronavirus which belongs to the family of retroviruses virus. It was first identified in the Wuhan province of China. The origin of the virus is unknown so as the treatment for it, as there is no vaccine found till today. Most of the people who are infected with the COVID-19 virus will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment. Older people and people with medical problems like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, and cancer are more likely to develop a serious illness which may lead to the death of the individual. Till today there is no vaccine discovered hematological parameters are the constituents present in blood that constitutes the composition of blood such as red (RBC) and white blood cell (WBC) counts and hemoglobin (Hb) concentration are tightly regulated traits with high clinical relevance. Values outside normal ranges are diagnostic for disorders, including cancer, immune diseases, and cardiovascular disease. The COVID virus also affects these hematological parameters in a significant way. The only preventive way is social isolation. Aim: The main of the survey is to create awareness among college students on the various changes in hematological parameters during COVID-19. Materials and Methods: A questionnaire was prepared and administered to a hundred participants through Google forms an online platform. These study participants included college students of Saveetha dental college. Result and Discussion: The overall result was positive as most of the study population were aware of the change in the hematological parameters due to COVID-19. This proves an outright positive result. Conclusion: The study was conducted to analyze the awareness of the hematological changes caused due to COVID-19 virus among the college students.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd> Awareness</kwd><kwd> Hematological parameters</kwd><kwd> RBC count</kwd><kwd> WBC count</kwd><kwd> Hemoglobin</kwd><kwd> COVID-19</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
