Influencing factors such as gender, age, and weight can pose an increased risk of contracting the virus in the long term. This is what a large study showed.
in the study Published Thursday in the Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine, it lists a number of groups at increased risk.
The common thread between diseases for the coronavirus is a long one
These include, for example, women, people over 40, smokers, and people who are overweight. Even people who have already had various medical conditions like diabetes are on the list, he writes Wealth health.
The common denominator among other risk factors is pre-existing inflammation. According to the study, it can prolong the acute phase of Covid-19 even after recovery. For women, hormones appear to play a role in the inflammation state.
good news
With a picture of symptoms with everything from prolonged coughing to fatigue and numbness in the ears, it can be concluded that long-term COVID-19 is not one but many different conditions.
The good news is that at least two shots of the vaccine appear to reduce the risk. The study included a new report from the British Statistical Office, the Norwegian equivalent of Statistics ONS. There, two injections were found to reduce the risk by 42 percent.
The study consists of a review of 41 published studies involving a total of 860,000 patients.
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