Long COVID: Symptoms persist for months in many survivors
Most people with Covid-19 recover within two weeks. Some, as reported in [30], with so-called Long Covid (symptoms lasting longer than three weeks), continue to experience excessive fatigue, breathlessness, headache, insomnia, muscle fatigue and pains, chest pains, persistent cough, intermittentfevers and brain fog. It’s unclear why some people develop long Covid and others don’t, but four factors appear to increase the risk : [37] High levels of viral RNA early during an infection The presence of certain autoantibodies The reactivation of Epstein-Barr virus Having Type 2 diabetes The study finds about 10 per cent had symptoms for a month , with between 1.5 and 2 per cent after three months . The median age of those with Long Covid is 45 , and women are more likely to be affected . COVID-19 Symptoms Linger for Months for Many Months after becoming ill, many COVID-19 patients still have symptoms, three studies confirm, and the more severe the initial infections, th...