The Office for National Statistics showed that over 1.2 million people in the UK reported living with Covid for around 12 months or more. Many studies already done have confirmed that symptoms can persist in people with long Covid for another year after their period of infection. Below we will talk more about the sequels of COVID-19 after infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
The sequels left after the prolonged infection of the Covid-19 virus
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Long Covid-19 can occur whether or not people were very sick when they contracted the virus.
There is proven evidence of organ impairment in people who have been hospitalized for having Covid-19. In a more recent study published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, a physician and his co-workers looked at possible organ damage in patients with long-term COVID.
The results indicated that most of the analyzed patients were not severely affected when they initially had Covid. However, they identified organ damage in 59% of participants about a year after initial symptoms of the virus.
After a set of scans, it was discovered that around 331 participants (62%) had organ damage after infection with the virus.
Damage such as impairment of the liver, pancreas, heart and kidneys were the most common, affecting 29%, 20%, 19% and 15% of participants. These 331 study participants were followed up for six months afterwards through a new MRI scan.
It was also discovered that three out of five of the participants in the original study (59%) actually showed impairment in at least one organ in their body one year after infection, while just over one in four (27%) had involvement in two or more organs.
What really is the long Covid?
The term “long COVID” is used to describe post-Covid symptoms that persist for 12 weeks or more. The effects of Covid infection in people who have not been hospitalized have not been characterized and are therefore considered insignificant.
The vast majority of people infected with Covid-19 noticed an improvement in the symptoms of the infection within a few days or weeks of its onset.
But it is also important to know that: on average, between 10% and 20% of patients infected with the Covid-19 exhibit the symptoms of long Covid, according to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
In addition, in Brazil, a study by Fiocruz identified that about 50% of people infected with Covid-19 presented symptoms post-infection. These symptoms can include fatigue, shortness of breath and mental problems and the impairment of some organs.
The symptoms can be the same symptoms felt during the period of infection, but they can also be new symptoms not experienced before during the period of infection.
However, the condition can affect each person in a different way, long Covid symptoms can disappear and come back again.
There is still no specific test to identify long Covid. It is necessary to report the signs and symptoms to a health professional so that further tests can be carried out to identify the problem.
