If symptoms persist or recur long after the corona infection, doctors speak of Long Covid.
One episode could hit men in particular.
Fatigue, hair loss and shortness of breath:
an international team of researchers identified
up to
55 typical long-term corona
symptoms
after analyzing the data from 16 studies
*. According to Techniker Krankenkasse (TK), increasing age, a higher BMI (body mass index) and the female gender are among the main risk factors for long-term consequences after surviving corona infection. But when it comes to a dangerous disease, men could be more at risk than women, as Singapore doctors claim.
In a study they found
that younger men had an increased risk of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) after they had suffered a coronavirus infection.
In an ischemic stroke, brain tissue dies because the brain is not supplied with sufficient blood and oxygen due to a blocked artery, according to the MSD Manual portal.
Stroke after corona infection in men under 50 years of age
The researchers from Singapore, whose study was published on the specialist portal Jama, examined the cases of 18 stroke patients between the ages of 35 and 50 years. A Sars-CoV-2 antibody test was positive for all of them, but none of the men had suffered from Covid-19 symptoms, as the Ärzte Zeitung informed. An average of 55 days after the corona test, they all suffered a stroke. "
Ten patients (56 percent) had a large vascular occlusion, of which six patients underwent intravenous thrombolysis and / or endovascular therapy,
" the researchers say.
The men were guest workers from India and Bangladesh who were housed in dormitories in Singapore. As the Ärzte Zeitung reports, the study directors calculated an annual incidence rate of almost 83 cases of ischemic stroke per 100,000 guest workers. In a comparison group, the incidence was only 38 to 100,000. The researchers conclude that the ethnicity of the corona patient could also play a role with regard to Long Covid. “
This case series suggests that the risk of acute ischemic stroke in adults under 50 years of age is increased during the recovery phase after a Covid-19 infection without respiratory symptoms
.
Acute ischemic stroke could be part of the next wave of complications from Covid-19, and stroke units should be vigilant and use serological testing, especially in younger patients, ”the researchers concluded.
(jg)
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