Israeli study finds most long Covid symptoms resolve in a year for mild covid cases.

[Tomconroy]

Published in the British Medical Journal on Wednesday, the peer-reviewed research looked at nearly two million medical records, and matched up around 300,000 people who had lab-confirmed infections with another 300,000 who didn't test positive for SARS-CoV-2.


The researchers found that various types of health issues after a mild case of COVID lingered for several months, but cleared up within the first year after an infection.

Certain symptoms, including weakness and difficulty breathing, were more likely to persist.

"There are patients who are experiencing long COVID symptoms for a year, and their life changes, and they suffer — we do know that," said Dr. Maytal Bivas-Benita, a senior researcher at KI Research Institute in Kfar Malal, Israel.

"But when we look at this large population and we look at their medical records, what we see is a small number of symptoms that last, and we see that they decrease with time."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/long-covid-study-israel-1.6713462

The study:
https://www.bmj.com/content/380/bmj-2022-072529

https://www.timesofisrael.com/most-long-covid-symptoms-are-gone-in-a-year-for-mild-cases-israeli-study/

[niyad]

1. A friend had mild covid in Oct '20 (before the vaccine). She still has no sense of

taste or smell. A mutual friend had severe covid (icu 2 weeks) in June '20. She has brain fog and cardiac issues.

[liberal_mama]

2. That's awful. So the people with difficulty breathing and weakness have to suffer possibly forever?

Being sick for a year would cost many people their jobs, their homes, their happiness.

This is one evil virus.

Living in New York State, I know many people with long Covid and it's awful for them.

I guess they are luckier than my beloved dad (vaccinated and boosted) though. He died of Covid three months ago so there is no hope of him getting better. He was robbed of probably 20 years of life. And we were robbed of him. We will never have a happy day again.

[Lucinda]

3. Thank you for the info!

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