Long-term COVID risk factors identified in new study – www.israelhayom.com

According to a study of 4,708 U.S. adults, approximately one in five adults experience Long COVID symptoms for more than three months after SARS-CoV-2 infection, with a median recovery time of 20 days, which indicates significant personal and societal burden.

COVID-19 can cause long-lasting symptoms, known as Long COVID, including fatigue, headache, loss of taste/smell, and discomfort that lasts for weeks or months after infection. initial infection.

Long COVID is more common in women, certain ethnic groups and those with pre-existing conditions like cardiovascular disease, diabetes and chronic lung disease, but less common in vaccinated people and those with the Omicron variant.

Vaccinated individuals and those infected with the Omicron variant tend to recover more quickly from COVID-19 than unvaccinated individuals or those infected with earlier variants.

Pre-existing health conditions such as cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease and diabetes are linked to longer recovery times from COVID-19, while no strong link was found between pre-existing mental health conditions and the risk of long COVID.

The cause of Long COVID remains unclear, and efforts are underway to understand its causes and develop effective treatments, with many unknowns still present.

Sources: timesnownews.com, sciencealert.com, news-medical.net, iflscience.com and scienceblog.com.

This article was written in collaboration with the press company Generative AI Alchemiq.