Striking decreases in the stress hormone cortisol were the strongest predictor for who develops long Covid in new research that identified several potential drivers of the lingering symptoms afflicting millions of survivors.
What exactly is long Covid? By PA/TPN, in COVID-19, Health · 01-04-2021 01:00:00 · 0 Comments
The effects of Covid-19 can linger for weeks or months for some people.
In the first few months of the pandemic, health experts believed Covid-19 was generally a mild infection that would pass pretty quickly for the majority of people, with a small percentage of patients needing serious hospital treatment.
However, in recent months, research has revealed that a growing number of people who contracted the virus are experiencing lingering symptoms that can hang around for months after initially falling ill.
Although the full picture isn’t yet known, research suggests around one in five people who test positive for Covid-19 are suffering with symptoms for five weeks or longer, and around one in 10 still struggle with sy