Researchers are especially concerned about the impact of long COVID on people's general quality of life - notably among healthcare workers, whose rate of absence has increased as a result of their symptoms.
More than half of long COVID patients suffer from organ damage a year after their initial symptoms, a study suggests.
Even those who were not severely affected when they first caught the virus remain impaired, with extreme breathlessness and cognitive dysfunction among the persistent symptoms. More than 500 patients were included in the SAGE study - 62% of whom suffered from organ impairment six months after their initialThese patients had an MRI scan six months later, revealing the lasting extent of their health problems.patients still had issues with one organ and 29% with multiple.
Only 13% of those who took part in the study had required hospital treatment when first diagnosed with COVID.The number suffering from extreme breathlessness went from 38% to 30%, cognitive dysfunction from 48% to 38%, and other poor health that impacted their quality of life went from 57% to 45%.
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