Posted on Jun 3, 2022
Long COVID is far more prevalent than you might think
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Getting COVID-19 and getting over it is one thing. But new research is emerging, with startling numbers, in terms of how many people may suffer from long COVID.
And reports indicate long COVID often emerges in people even when their initial bout with COVID is relatively mild.
We talk with Columbia University physician and professor Mady Hornig, who herself has been battling long COVID.
And reports indicate long COVID often emerges in people even when their initial bout with COVID is relatively mild.
We talk with Columbia University physician and professor Mady Hornig, who herself has been battling long COVID.
Long COVID is far more prevalent than you might think
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."How do you know it’s long Covid?
The study drew on electronic health records for almost 274,000 US patients with Covid-19 in one six-month period, and compared them with about 114,000 people diagnosed with influenza in the same period. They identified nine potential symptoms of long Covid, finding that in the period between three and six months after diagnosis, 37% of Covid patients had at least one of them. This was 1.5 times higher than the symptoms reported by influenza sufferers."...
..."How do you know it’s long Covid?
The study drew on electronic health records for almost 274,000 US patients with Covid-19 in one six-month period, and compared them with about 114,000 people diagnosed with influenza in the same period. They identified nine potential symptoms of long Covid, finding that in the period between three and six months after diagnosis, 37% of Covid patients had at least one of them. This was 1.5 times higher than the symptoms reported by influenza sufferers."...
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel sounds like we haven't gotten to a point where we understand what the end result is.
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