Long-COVID: often had not been hospitalized
Over 75 Percent of Long Covid Patients Were Not Hospitalized for Initial Illness, Study Finds
("Another striking finding was that while two-thirds of the patients had pre-existing health conditions in their medical records, nearly a third did not, a much larger percentage than Dr. Ssentongo said he would have expected. “These are people who have been healthy and they’re like, ‘Guys, something is not right with me,’” he said."
"Nearly 35 percent of the patients were between the ages of 36 to 50, while nearly one-third were ages 51 to 64, and 17 percent were ages 23 to 35. Children were also diagnosed with post-Covid conditions: Nearly 4 percent of the patients were 12 or younger, while nearly 7 percent were between ages 13 and 22."
"Ms. Gelburd and other experts said the scores suggested that the repercussions of long Covid are not simply confined to increased medical spending . They signal “how many people are leaving their jobs, how many are being given disability status, how much absenteeism is there in school,"
"muscle problems occurred 11 times more often in the patients with long Covid,
pulmonary embolisms occurred 2.6 times more often and
certain types of brain-related disorders occurred two times more often..."
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