Prolonged COVID-19 may become a common syndrome

Accordingly, the research team warns, prolonged COVID syndrome may become a common syndrome.

Researchers analyzed the medical records of more than 2,300 people with COVID-19 who were discharged from 39 hospitals in the UK between March 2020 and April 2021, then assessed the recovery of 807 of these patients 5 months to 1 year later. The results showed that only 26% of these had fully recovered after 5 months and this rate increased to 28.9% after 1 year.

The above study noted a marked limitation in the recovery of disease symptoms, mental health, exercise capacity, organ dysfunction and quality of life in patients. above.

The most common lingering COVID symptoms are fatigue, muscle aches, insomnia, physical sluggishness, and shortness of breath.

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