About one in four coronavirus patients have chronic COVID, according to a new study.
While most people who test positive for COVID-19 have their symptoms resolved within a week or two, more studies show that some people continue to report symptoms – and even experience new symptoms – three months after their initial positive test, lasting for months or even years.
A new study released by Help Advisor analyzed data from the US Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey to find the proportion of American adults with long-term COVID.
Research shows that 24.4% of American adults who tested positive for COVID-19 had persistent symptoms for three months or more.
Twenty-seven states reported rates higher than the national average. In Oklahoma, 34.1% of those with COVID-19 reported experiencing chronic symptoms of COVID, the largest percentage for any state.
Those in Vermont and Washington, DC, reported the lowest rates with only 16.5% developing chronic COVID.
About one in four American adults who tested positive for the coronavirus had long-standing COVID-19, and 30% said it caused them to struggle with daily activities, a new study found. Getty Images
New York State was below the national average with 21.6%, and New York City fell even lower with 20.6% reporting prolonged symptoms.
Of those with long-standing COVID, 31% of Americans say that the symptoms have reduced their ability to carry out daily activities.
However, 28 states reported higher rates of struggling to keep up with daily activities. In Hawaii, 50.8% of adults with chronic COVID reported that it affected their daily lives.
Long COVID occurs when people continue to report symptoms that last for months or even years. Above, protesters gather during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing to examine the long-running COVID on Capitol Hill in Washington last month. AP
While some people may experience prolonged COVID as a persistent cough or persistent fatigue, others have reported symptoms so severe that they have been hospitalized for long periods.
One woman has even sought assisted suicide as she claims her long grueling battle with COVID has robbed her of her life savings, the ability to get out of bed and the simple joys of life.
Previous research has found that chronic COVID is more common and severe in patients infected before the Omicron 2021 variant, unvaccinated or reinfected, and lists the defining symptoms as:
- post-exercise fatigue (debilitating fatigue that gets worse after physical or mental activity)
- tiredness
- brain fog
- dizziness
- gastrointestinal symptoms
- heart pounding
- problems with sexual desire or capacity
- loss of smell or taste
- thirsty
- chronic cough
- chest ache
- abnormal movements
However, experts continue to call for more research to better understand the effects of the virus.
“Americans living with COVID for a long time want to understand what’s going on with their bodies,” said Dr. Rachel L. Levine, US assistant secretary of health.
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Source: thtrangdai.edu.vn/en/
