Scientists are starting to get some more answers about Long Covid symptoms
By: VirgilioNotizie | Posted on: 26-05-2022 13:05
Thousands and thousands of patients returning from the Covid-19 manifest long-term disturbances, i.e. 12 weeks after the end of the acute phase of the disease. There are several symptoms encountered: from the sense of exhaustion, to dyspnea (the so-called shortness of breath), to bone pain and fatigue with memory and concentration. There are many others registered and on all of them the studies of scientists continue.
More than one in two people affected by Covid experience long-term symptoms
One of the most recent reports, published in recent days in the prestigious magazine The Lancetexamined almost 200 studies on the subject for a total of over 120 thousand people involved: 57% of these had symptoms of Long Covid.
The case history is wide and includes both those who have had the coronavirus from symptomatic both those who have had it from asymptomatic. The experts also found that the long Covid it does not even depend on the severity of the infection, although those who have been hospitalized, especially in intensive care, are more likely to be afflicted with ailments.
Age is not always a determining factor either. Even young people and children are not excluded from the phenomenon, although the elderly are at greater risk. On the other hand, differences emerged between the disorders that affect older people compared to those found in boys. Just as it now seems clear that there are different symptoms arising from variant to variant: for example, the loss of smell and taste they are more frequent in those who fell ill during the first wave.
Long Covid, the most frequent and least common symptoms
The Corriere della Sera then spoke about the book “Post Covid. What we need to know about the long-term consequences of the virus for body and mind ”, research coordinated by scholars from the Aldo Moro University of Bari. In the various chapters all the problems known to date have been addressed.
In particular, the most frequent ailments are treated, affecting the respiratory, cardiovascular and musculoskeletal systems, but also those less defined and common but which still involve millions of people around the world. If diarrhea, nausea, appetite disturbances, itchy skin, erythema, hair losskidney problems, diabetes, endocrinological imbalances seem to affect lower numbers of people, their persistence or appearance is no less important in the life of those who suffer from it.
Women appear to be more at risk of persistent symptoms than men. The glass half full is that in the vast majority of cases the problems clear up and disappear within 6 months.
Long Covid, the problems on the pool
“Post Covid. What we need to know about the long-term consequences of the virus for body and mind ”he also extensively investigated the consequences of Covid on psyche. Neurological signs, sleep disturbances and the very widespread are over under the magnifying glass “Mental fog”which manifests itself with problems in maintaining attention, remembering, concentrating.
Focus also on the cpsychiatric complications. Depression and anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, cognitive disorders, fatigue, obsessive-compulsive disorder: these are symptoms that often worsen in those who already suffer from it.
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