US study: Many facing new medical issues post-Covid

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16 June 2021:

 

Hundreds of hundreds of Americans have sought medical take care of post-Covid well being issues that they’d not been recognized with earlier than turning into contaminated, in accordance with the most important research thus far of lengthy-time period signs. The research, monitoring the medical insurance information of practically two million Americans who contracted Covid-19 final 12 months, discovered that one month or extra after their an infection, virtually one- quarter — 23% — of them sought remedy for new situations. Those affected have been all ages, together with youngsters.

 

Their most typical new well being issues have been ache, together with in nerves and muscle tissue; respiration difficulties; excessive ldl cholesterol; malaise and fatigue; and hypertension. Other issues included intestinal signs; migraines; pores and skin issues; coronary heart abnormalities; sleep issues; and psychological well being situations like nervousness and despair. Post-Covid issues have been widespread even amongst individuals who had not gotten sick from the virus in any respect.

 

While practically half of sufferers who have been hospitalised for Covid-19 skilled subsequent medical issues, so did 27% of people that had gentle or average signs and 19% of those that mentioned they have been asymptomatic, in accordance with the research by non-revenue FAIR Health. Robin Gelburd, president of the organisation, mentioned the truth that asymptomatic folks can have post-Covid signs is necessary to emphasize, in order that sufferers can know to contemplate the chance that some well being issues may very well be after-results of Covid. “There are some people who may not have even known they had Covid,” she mentioned. More than half of the 1,959,982 Covid sufferers whose information have been evaluated reported no signs. Forty p.c had signs however didn’t require hospitalisation, together with 1% whose solely symptom was lack of style or odor; solely 5% have been hospitalised. NYT

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