Advertisement To our knowledge, this is the largest cohort study with the longest follow-up duration assessing the health consequences of adult patients discharged from hospital recovering from Covid-19.
Covid-19 patients looked at for this study had been discharged from Jin Yin-tan Hospital in Wuhan between January 7 and May 29, 2020.
Six months later, patients were interviewed with a series of questionnaires for evaluation of symptoms and health-related quality of life, underwent physical examinations and a six-minute walking test, and received blood tests
Researchers found that the survivors were mainly troubled with fatigue or muscle weakness, sleep difficulties, and anxiety or depression – but hair loss was also one of the primary outcomes.
CORONAVIRUS can produce a panoply of effects, some of which can endure for months on end. A new study highlights five of the most stubborn long COVID symptoms.
COVID-19 survivors can show persistent symptoms six months after recovery, study finds
Viral infections are self-limiting. When the body’s immune system has won over the battle, the body is expected to shortly recover. However, many convalescents from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) experience persistent symptoms that can last for months.
Called “long haulers” these individuals experience a variety of symptoms, such as the difficulty of breathing, a cough, and fatigue.
Now, researchers at the Wuhan Research Center for Communicable Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences in China revealed that some patients who had recovered from COVID-19 are experiencing symptoms that persisted for more than six months.