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"Exhausted woman sitting on bedOf 230 COVID-19 survivors in Italy infected
during the first pandemic wave, 36.1% still had symptoms at 2 years, finds a
study published today in
Open Forum Infectious Diseases.
A University of Insubria–led team interviewed 230 hospitalized and
nonhospitalized adults followed at Udine Hospital 6, 12, and 24 months after
illness onset in March to May 2020. Average patient age was 54.7 years, 53.5%
were women, and 95.6% had received an mRNA vaccine booster.
Eighty-three patients (36.1%) reported long-COVID symptoms at 2 years, the most
common of which were fatigue (14.4%) and rheumatologic (14.4%) and psychiatric
(9.6%) symptoms. The proportion of patients reporting long COVID was lower than
that at 6 and 12 months (40.2% and 47.2%, respectively).
Forty-six (55.4%) of long-COVID patients said they sought treatment, with 20
(43.5%) seeking primary care, 6.5% visiting the emergency department, and 23
(50.0%) seeing a specialist. A total of 35.7% of patients said their symptoms
had improved by 2 years compared with at 1 year, while 19.1% said their
condition was unchanged, and 3.5% said it was worse."
Via Violet Blue’s
Pandemic Roundup: July 20, 2023
https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-86365778
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
