Mild cases of COVID-19 can cause patients to suffer long COVID symptoms, and a new study finds that some of those symptoms can linger for more than a year.
that can afflict without regard for age, sex, vaccination status or medical history.
Most COVID-related symptoms declined sharply in the first months after infection, including breathing difficulties, chest pain, cough, joint pain and hair loss, a side effect that often accompanies acute physical stress. Likewise, former COVID-19 patients continued to have elevated risks of shortness of of breath, weakness and problems with memory and concentration a year after they first became infected.
Advocates for long COVID patients say that big-picture view glosses over the ongoing struggles of patients who are disabled by their lingering symptoms. “There are some concerning findings, including that some major neurological and cognitive symptoms do not decrease over time,” such as memory and concentration loss, said Hannah Davis, a co-founder of theShe added that the new study is in line with previous work showing that neurological symptoms worsen over the first four months of illness.
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