Prevalence of Post-COVID Symptoms in General Population of Vidarbha Region
| Autor: | Dr. Trupti Balwir, Dr. Ujwal Gajbe, Dr. Sumedha Anjankar, Dr. Rohan Gawali, Dr. Vivek Chakole |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
| Zdroj: | ECS Transactions. 107:16879-16885 |
| ISSN: | 1938-6737 1938-5862 |
| DOI: | 10.1149/10701.16879ecst |
| Popis: | Coronavirus-2 (SARC COV-2), which causes virus disease since December 2019, proves fatal to human life. Patients of coronavirus disease present with mild to severe symptoms related mostly with respiratory tract. Coronavirus affects the human life as even after complete recovery from the symptoms. Some symptoms persist or some new symptoms appeared in patients. Apart from the lungs, the coronavirus has affected multiple organs. Thus results in high mortality in patients with co-morbidity. But those who recovered they are also not perfectly fit to become asymptomatic. In the present study, 100 patients (56 males and 44 females) were taken from the general population of Vidarbha region who recovered from coronavirus disease. Patients were monitored after one month of their recovery and followed for three months to see for any new symptoms or for their persistence of symptoms. They were provided with a properly framed questionnaire to know about their post-COVID symptoms. In this study, it is seen that males were more affected than females. Patients irrespective of sex developed new symptoms after COVID. Some patients showed persistence of their symptoms. About 25% of females between 40-70 years of age had persistent body ache, whereas 20% of males between 40-70 years developed breathlessness. Body ache, malaise, and headache are prominent symptoms in all sexes. Other unusual symptoms appeared in all sexes, such as hair loss, constipation, and loss of concentration. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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