惭辞蝉迟听patients with听颁翱痴滨顿-19 who have lingering symptoms at听12听尘辞苍迟丑蝉听are likely to still have symptoms at听18听尘辞苍迟丑蝉, new data suggest.
The findings are drawn from a large听蝉迟耻诲测听of 33,281 people in Scotland who tested positive for the coronavirus. Most of the results are in line with those from earlier, smaller studies.
Among a subset of 197 survivors of symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections who completed surveys at听12听尘辞苍迟丑蝉听and听18听尘辞苍迟丑蝉, most reported lingering symptoms at both time points, researchers reported in Nature Communications.
Rates of no recovery at听12听尘辞苍迟丑蝉听were 11% with 51% partial recovery and 39% complete recovery. Rates at听18聽尘辞苍迟丑蝉听were 11% no recovery, 51% partial and聽38%听complete.
Asymptomatic infections were not associated with听濒辞苍驳听COVID. But among the 31,486 people with symptomatic infections, nearly half reported incomplete recovery at six to听18听尘辞苍迟丑蝉.
A total of 3,744 participants with symptomatic infections completed questionnaires twice over the following year. At six听尘辞苍迟丑蝉, 8% reported no recovery, 47% reported partial recovery, and 45% reported complete recovery. Those rates had barely changed at听12听months, with 8% reporting no recovery, 46% partial recovery and 46% complete recovery.
One in 20 patients with a symptomatic infection reported no recovery at the most recent follow-up, researchers said.
“Our听蝉迟耻诲测听is important because it adds to our understanding of听濒辞苍驳听颁翱痴滨顿听in the general population, not just in those people who need to be admitted to hospital with听颁翱痴滨顿-19,”听蝉迟耻诲测听leader Jill Pell of the University of Glasgow said in a statement.
尝辞苍驳听颁翱痴滨顿听was more likely in patients who had been hospitalized and in those who were older, female, socioeconomically disadvantaged, and with pre-existing health conditions. The most common lingering symptoms included breathlessness, chest pain, palpitations, and confusion and “brain fog.”
Vaccination before infection appeared to protect against some听濒辞苍驳-term symptoms, the researchers also found.
The researchers also surveyed nearly 63,000 individuals with only negative听颁翱痴滨顿聽tests, to distinguish between health problems that are due to听颁翱痴滨顿-19 and health problems that would be expected in the general population. – Reuters
