LONDON: A new study has revealed the terrible hole that COVID-19 inflicts on those who get over it, with patients suffering from a number of ailments including heart problems, heart disease diabetes and harmful diseases.
The study by researchers at the University of Leicester and the UK Office for National Statistics said data shows that nearly a third of patients who recover from an infection return to hospital with further symptoms within five months , and one in eight die.
Out of 47,780 people discharged from hospital in the first wave in the UK, 29.4 per cent were returned to hospital within 140 days, and 12.3 per cent of the total died.
“This is the largest study of people discharged from hospital after being admitted with COVID-19,” said study author Kamlesh Khunti, a professor of illness. primary care sugar and viral treatment at the University of Leicester.
“People seem to be going home, having long-term effects, coming back and dying. We are seeing that almost 30 per cent have been taken back, and that is what many people like. The numbers are so huge. The message here is that we need to prepare for COVID for a long time. “
Long COVID is the term used to describe the long-term effects that many patients experience after they become infected and subsequently recover from the virus.
Khunti said the diseases recorded as human are after overcoming heart, kidney and liver problems, as well as diabetes.
Other studies have found that patients with shortness of breath and fatigue, and some have even been confined to wheelchairs with COVID for a long time.
The University of Leicester study has not yet been peer-reviewed, meaning it has not been rigorously studied by peers in the field, but scientists have already confirmed its results.
Christina Pagel, director of the clinical action research unit at University College London, tweeted: “This is such an important task. Covid is about so much more than death. ”