Even eight months later, each tenth Covid-19 in light form remains at least one moderate or severe post-shaped symptom that affects the quality of life. This conclusion came Swedish scientists from Dundurud and the Caroline Institute hospital who published their findings in Journal of the American Medical Association.
At the first stage of the study in the spring of 2020, blood samples were taken in 2149 employees of the Dandanid hospital, of which about 19 percent had antibodies against SARS-COV-2. Samples were collected every four months, and participants in the study responded to questionnaires regarding the long-term consequences of the disease and their influence on the quality of life.
In January 2021, the research team studied long-term symptoms and their impact on work, social and homework participants who had a light form of COVID-19 at least eight months ago. This group consisted of 323 medical workers (83 percent amounted to women whose average age reached 43 years old) and was compared with 1072 medical workers (86 percent of the woman, an average age of 47 years), which did not hurt COVID-19 throughout the period of the study.
It turned out that 11 percent of the COVID-19 had once called at least one symptom, which adversely affecting work, social or homework, which lasted at least eight months. The most frequent long-term symptoms were the loss of smell and taste, fatigue and breathing problems. Increasing the frequency of neurological disorders such as memory and concentration problems, was noted.