Researchers from Pennsylvania State University, in Centre County, performed a meta-analysis of previous studies investigating patients who said they still had symptoms months after initially testing positive.
Symptoms such as cognitive impairment, anxiety and chronic fatigue were the most commonly reported after recovering from the virus.
The teams says the implications are large for the health care world going forward, because it suggests millions will be exhibiting serious symptoms, and potentially for years…
Researchers found that 54 percent of patients were experiencing long-term Covid symptoms, near equal to those felling symptoms in the short or intermediate terms.
The amount of symptoms reported after recovery were wide ranging, though, as the virus proved to affect people’s bodies differently.
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