According to a study to assess the long-term impact of COVID-19, most people hospitalized with COVID-19 who emerged from the infection with lingering symptoms showed little improvement after a year.
A study led by the UK’s National Institute of Health Research found that even after 12 months of hospital discharge, seven out of 10 covid symptoms such as prolonged fatigue, muscle pain, lack of sleep and difficulty breathing. keep facing it. There was no improvement or very little compared to seven months ago.
Researchers are working to better understand tall covid And its effects come amid concerns that a growing number of patients with persistent symptoms will overwhelm labor markets and health systems for years to come.
“When you consider that over half a million people in the UK have been hospitalized as a result of COVID-19, we are talking about a large population at risk of continued poor health and decreased quality of life. ,” said Chris Brightling, senior investigator at the institute and professor of respiratory medicine at the University of Leicester.
The study looked at 2,320 adults across the UK who were hospitalized with the disease. All participants were tested five months after their release from the hospital, and about a third returned for evaluation by now.
people with the most severe forms of tall covid reported a higher number of aftereffects than those with mild symptoms. The evidence also confirmed that women who are obese and require mechanical breathing assistance during their hospital stay are less likely to make a full recovery.
brain fog
Some scientists said the study could also lead to new ways of tackling the problem. They found high levels of substances signaling molecules associated with inflammation and tissue damage throughout the body in patients with the most severe forms of chronic covid. These participants also showed a pattern of brain fog – problems with memory and attention, and a decrease in their ability to initiate action.
“The good news is that we have identified some differences in blood samples from people who are still experiencing the long-term physical and cognitive effects of their blood. COVID-19 hospitalization,” said Louise Wen, one of the paper’s lead authors and chair of the GSK/British Lung Foundation in Respiratory Research at the University of Leicester. “These differences give us clues about possible underlying mechanisms.”
The results, part of a cohort study launched in the summer of 2020 that tracked COVID patients after leaving the hospital, have not yet been reviewed by other researchers.
This story has been published without modification in text from a wire agency feed. Only the title has been changed.
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