Half of COVID-19 patients report symptoms after 12 weeks, says new PHAC review

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A new review by the Public Health Agency of Canada says more than half of COVID-19 patients might suffer from post-COVID syndrome for more than three months after testing positive.

The review looked at more than two dozen studies from around the world in which confirmed COVID-19 patients were asked to report the existence of at least one long-term symptom.

In the early months of the pandemic, patients reporting lengthy symptoms following COVID-19 began to refer to themselves as "long haulers" and medical experts were scrambling to explain why some people couldn't shake the symptoms even months after their bodies had cleared the virus. Toews missed the entire 2021 season due to an illness not identified until last week as "chronic immune response syndrome."The Canadian review says about one million people in the United States and another one million in the U.K. are reporting long-hauler-like symptoms.

The review found about half of people reported fatigue in both the four-to-12-week period, and after 12 weeks. About 40 per cent reported pain or shortness of breath four to 12 weeks after diagnosis. After 12 weeks, 27 per cent said they were still experiencing some pain, and 23 per cent said they were still sometimes short of breath.

 

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Had my second shot on January 27th. Work at a hospital. Still nothing. 5 months

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