The last major study on American veterans, published a few days ago in Nature, confirmed it: in the year following the Sars-CoV2 infection, it is the cerebral and cardiovascular systems that pay one of the highest prices. In fact, in those who have fallen ill, the risk of having a stroke increases by 52% and that of developing heart failure by 72%.
And even if that type of analysis has several limitations such as being based almost only on males, and being an a posteriori deduction, the signal is still in line with dozens of other researches released in recent months, all relating to the aftermath of the Covid, i.e. the Long Covid.
On the subject, which according to various experts will constitute the real great emergency after Covid, a book by Agnese Codignola is released today: The long Covid – the first investigation into the long-term consequences of the virus (Utet) which, for the first time, seeks to to insert in an organic picture a very articulated syndrome, which according to some estimates already affects one million Italians.
In fact, there are over 200 symptoms described (a value that in some researches reaches 500), among which there are several disabling ones such as extreme fatigue (or fatigue), difficulty concentrating (or brain fog), chest pain , tachycardia, difficulty in breathing, gastrointestinal discomfort, olfactory distortions, depression.
The awareness of the existence of this poisoned tail of the disease is due to the groups of patients, the author reconstructs also with various direct testimonies, who already in 2020, looking for answers, began to share their sometimes dramatic experiences, incredulity they encountered, the social stigma and negative effects on work.