Many With Mild COVID-19 Infections Experience Long-Term Symptoms

Many With Mild COVID-19 Infections Experience Long-Term Symptoms Data from a University of Arizona Health Sciences longitudinal study on COVID-19 shows that 67% of people with mild or moderate COVID-19 infection develop long COVID, with symptoms that last more than 30 days after a positive test. Shipherd Reed Today University of Arizona Health SciencesNHG-121720-COVHORT_DSC1059-web.jpg An examination of data from the CoVHORT study showed that people with mild or moderate cases of COVID-19 experienced long COVID at similar rates as those who had severe infections. Noelle Haro-Gomez/University of Arizona Health SciencesHealthCollege of Public HealthCOVID-19COVID-19 vaccine Media contact(s)Shipherd Reed Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Healthshipherd@arizona.edu520-626-9669The majority of individuals who experience mild or moderate COVID-19 infection also experience long COVID, or persistent symptoms more than 30 days after they test positive, according to data from the longitudinal CoVHORT study at theUniversity of Arizona Health Sciences.Malanie-Bell-0688-Edit-web.jpg Melanie Bell University of Arizona Health Sciences" We showed that an estimated 67% of people with mild or moderate COVID have long COVID; in other words, they still have symptoms more than 30 days after their positive test, " said lead researcherMelanie Bell, a biostatistics professor in theMel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. " This is a real wake-up call for anyone who has not b...
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