Leading the news: The study – which will be presented at the European Conference on Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2022) in April – found that each variant of COVID-19 leads to different long-term symptoms of COVID-19.
For examplethe alpha variant of the coronavirus led to muscle aches and pains, insomnia, brain fog, anxiety and depression compared to the original strain of the virus. The study also found that people with severe COVID-19 were six times more likely to develop long-term symptoms of COVID-19, according to the study’s press release.
Top symptoms: The study said that about 76% of patients reported at least one COVID-19 symptom that remained with them after infection. Some of the most common symptoms include:
Dyspnoea (37%) Chronic fatigue (36%) Sleep problems (16%) Brain fog (13%) Vision problems (13%).
The largest image: Long-term COVID-19 remains one of the most troubling aspects of coronavirus infection, as the virus continues to affect people’s lives long after the end of their initial illness.
Researchers at the University of Cambridge recently found that about 70% of long-term patients with COVID-19 struggle with neurological problems after infections. In fact, 75% of people with long-term COVID-19 symptoms may not be able to function because of how debilitating their symptoms are, as I wrote for Deseret News.
