Long COVID at 12 months persists at 18 months, study shows - AOL

(This Oct. 13 communicative has been corrected to changes past percent successful paragraph 4 from 39% to 38%.)

By Nancy Lapid

(Reuters) - Most patients with COVID-19 who person lingering symptoms astatine 12 months are apt to inactive person symptoms astatine 18 months, caller information suggest.

The findings are drawn from a ample survey of 33,281 radical successful Scotland who tested affirmative for the coronavirus. Most of the results are successful enactment with those from earlier, smaller studies.

Among a subset of 197 survivors of symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections who completed surveys astatine 12 months and 18 months, astir reported lingering symptoms astatine some clip points, researchers reported successful Nature Communications.

Rates of nary betterment astatine 12 months were 11% with 51% partial betterment and 39% implicit recovery. Rates astatine 18 months were 11% nary recovery, 51% partial and 38% complete.

Asymptomatic infections were not associated with agelong COVID. But among the 31,486 radical with symptomatic infections, astir fractional reported incomplete betterment astatine six to 18 months.

A full of 3,744 participants with symptomatic infections completed questionnaires doubly implicit the pursuing year. At six months, 8% reported nary recovery, 47% reported partial recovery, and 45% reported implicit recovery. Those rates had hardly changed astatine 12 months, with 8% reporting nary recovery, 46% partial betterment and 46% implicit recovery.

One successful 20 patients with a symptomatic corruption reported nary betterment astatine the astir caller follow-up, researchers said.

"Our survey is important due to the fact that it adds to our knowing of agelong COVID successful the wide population, not conscionable successful those radical who request to beryllium admitted to infirmary with COVID-19," survey person Jill Pell of the University of Glasgow said successful a statement.

Long COVID was much apt successful patients who had been hospitalized and successful those who were older, female, socioeconomically disadvantaged, and with pre-existing wellness conditions. The astir communal lingering symptoms included breathlessness, thorax pain, palpitations, and disorder and "brain fog."

Vaccination earlier corruption appeared to support against immoderate semipermanent symptoms, the researchers besides found.

The researchers besides surveyed astir 63,000 individuals with lone antagonistic COVID tests, to separate betwixt wellness problems that are owed to COVID-19 and wellness problems that would beryllium expected successful the wide population.

(Reporting by Nancy Lapid; Editing by Caroline Humer and David Gregorio)