Around 6% Of People Have Long Covid Symptoms Post Infection

Healthcare Around 6% Of People Have Long Covid Symptoms Post Infection Anuradha Varanasi Contributor Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Anuradha writes about environmental health disparities & epidemiology Following New! Follow this author to stay notified about their latest stories. Got it! Oct 31, 2022, 05:49am EDT | New! Click on the conversation bubble to join the conversation Got it! Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Washington DC, USA- September 19: Protestors march outside the White House to call attention to .

. . [+] those suffering from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and âlong Covid❠on September 19th, 2022 in Washington, DC.

(Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Anadolu Agency via Getty Images In late 2021, the World Health Orgazination released a clinical definition of long Covid for the first time. They defined the term as a post-Covid-19 condition where symptoms are present three months after an infection that cannot be explained by a different diagnosis. These symptoms commonly include chronic fatigue, body pain, mood swings, cognitive problems or brain fog, and ongoing respiratory issues.

Other than the SARS-CoV-2 virus, other forms of viruses and bacterium are also known to cause post-infection syndromes such as the Ebola virus, Epstein-Barr virus, and cytomegalovirus. In a recent study published in the journal JAMA , researchers found that an estimated 6. 2% of people experienced at least one long Covid symptom three months after recovering from a symptomatic infection.

“Ongoing low-grade inflammation has been postulated to cause these symptoms, but the pathology remains largely unknown and treatments are primarily based on symptom relief,” the researchers wrote in their paper. “The consequences for affected individuals are substantial, and specialized clinics for individuals with Long COVID have arisen to respond to an increasing need for supportive and rehabilitative care. ” In their modeling study, the researchers analyzed data for 1.

2 million people from 22 countries who had symptomatic Covid-19 in 2020 and 2021. They pooled this data from a total of 54 studies and two medical record databases. The estimated proportion of individuals with at least one of the three long Covid symptoms was higher among those who were admitted to ICUs (43.

1%) than those who recuperated in general hospital wards (27. 5%). Whereas only 5.

7% of individuals who were not admitted to the hospital had long Covid. Among those who were hospitalized, the estimated duration of their long Covid symptom was around nine months long and four months for unhospitalized people. Recommended For You 1 Meet The Unknown Immigrant Billionaire Betting Her Fortune To Take On Musk In Space More stories like this Fewer stories like this 2 Losing My Direction – Merging Formal And Informal Networks (part 1 – Formal Networks) More stories like this Fewer stories like this 3 ‘Wrong Color’ Says Danish Supermarket, 1 Ton Italian Pears Rescued By Bakery More stories like this Fewer stories like this “The risk of Long COVID was greater in females and in those who needed hospitalization for the initial SARS-CoV-2 infection, particularly among those needing ICU care,” the researchers concluded.

“In general, women respond to viral infections with less severe disease and mount higher antibody responses but also have higher rates of adverse reactions to vaccinations and antiviral drugs; X chromosome–linked genes are thought to influence susceptibility to viral infections as well as autoimmune diseases, lending support to autoimmune processes playing a role in the development of Long COVID,” the researchers added in their paper. Follow me on Twitter . Anuradha Varanasi Editorial Standards Print Reprints & Permissions.