Long COVID, Big Bills Even With Short Hospital Stays

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When COVID-19 patients are discharged from the hospital, most are far from being well -- even if their hospital stay was fairly short.

and neuro-cognitive changes -- commonly dubbed"brain fog." And those problems can even strike people who had milder COVID and never needed to be hospitalized, Gut said.

Iwashyna's team found that of 253 patients surveyed one month after discharge, about 55% said they had at least one new or worsening heart/lung symptom -- most commonly a chronic cough. Besides the physical toll, the study found, there was a financial one: About 20% of patients said they'd either lost or had to change their job, while 38% said a loved one had taken time off from work to care for them.

 

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