Longterm issues–.
Almost 90 percent still have at least one symptom long after the virus has gone.
A lot of anecdotal reports have actually suggested that many of those with severe infections are experiencing a difficult healing, with remaining symptoms, some of which remain debilitating. Now, there’s a small study out of Italy in which a group of infected individuals was tracked for an average of 60 days after their infection was discovered. And the study verifies that symptoms remain long after there’s no detectable infection.
The research study was incredibly easy in design. Patients being treated in Rome for COVID-19 were asked to take part in a tracking study. Overall, 143 patients concurred and were registered in the study following a negative test for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Approximately 60 days later on, the researchers followed up with an assessment of these patients. 2 months after there was no noticeable infection, only 13 percent of the study group was free of any COVID-19 signs. By contrast, a bit over half still had at least 3 symptoms typical of the disease.
The most common symptom was tiredness, followed by trouble breathing, joint pain, and chest discomfort. Over 10 percent were still coughing, and similar numbers hadn’t seen their sense of smell return. A large variety of other symptoms were likewise present.
And that’s about all the data the researchers have. The study has a number of prospective concerns. The research study population is smaller sized than anyone would like, and the individuals were asked to remember the signs they had actually while hospitalized, instead of having their signs pulled from their medical records. Plus, a few of the COVID-19 symptoms surveyed for– such as headaches– are quite generic and could have a range of causes.
Still, it’s good to begin to get some quantitative data on what has actually largely been limited to anecdotal reports until now.
JAMA,2020 DOI: 101001/ jama.202012603( About DOIs).
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