1 in 8 COVID Survivors Continue to Experience Symptoms Two Years After Infection, Study Finds
One in Eight COVID Survivors Still Have Symptoms Two Years After Infection, Researchers Find The paper said that only 13% of adults infected with COVID-19 have symptoms, and the adults infected with COVID-19 are even after two years. The researchers did a study that followed 2,764 people in Catalonia, Spain, who had gotten the COVID-19 virus from 2020 to 2023. The researchers found that nearly 23% of study participants reported at least four months of COVID symptoms, while 56% of the healthy group showed lingering problems two years after infection.
In the study, researchers identified three main types of protracted Covid: mild neuromuscular (51.6 percent), mild respiratory (20.6 percent), and severe multi-organ (27.8 percent) types. The most frequent symptoms of long COVID patients included neurological (63%), muscular (23%), respiratory (28%), or neuropsychosocial (21%). Nerve complaints were higher in women than men, while men had wider circulation in the lungs.
While this suggests that those infected with the Omicron variant during this time reported similar but less severe problems than the individuals who were previously infected, it could also be due to the individuals with milder severity or acquired immunity. Risk factors for protracted COVID include female gender, age below 50, low socioeconomic status, severe COVID-19, and comorbidities, including asthma or COPD.
https://smrturl.co/a/s967a308976/3706?s1=3marchVaccination, either prior to or soon after the disease, proved protective against prolonged COVID. It was indeed a research study that was conveying the need for more research to get a better understanding of the said problems and their diverse effects on the people. As we approach the fifth anniversary of COVID-19, mental health, employment, and general quality of life still remain severely affected by the epidemic. Professors say more research into long COVID is necessary to fully understand the causes and effects of the condition.
