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.
Covid Patients’ Symptoms Persist Six Months in Foreboding Study
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BLOOMBERG • January 11, 2021
More than three-quarters of Covid-19 patients hospitalized in Wuhan between January and May had at least one persistent symptom six months later, according to a report that forebodes the enduring pain of the pandemic.
Almost two-thirds of those followed still experienced fatigue or muscle weakness half a year after their acute illness, while 26% had sleep difficulties and 23% had anxiety or depression, according to the peer-reviewed study of 1,733 patients in The Lancet medical journal.
The research from China underscores the long-term effects of Covid-19 for individuals and societies as infections surge across the world despite budding vaccination campaigns. It also highlights the growing need for sustained care for large swaths of populations and research into the new disease’s lingering effects, according to Bin Cao, a lung specialist at the National Clinical Re