Covid-19 patients are often not healthy after being discharged from the hospital: One consequence in particular worries many for weeks

Even after surviving a coronavirus infection, many patients struggle with the consequences of the virus, as various studies show again.

• Many Covid 19 patients are not yet healthy after being discharged from the hospital.

• Even after surviving infection with Sars-CoV-2, patients often have to struggle with the consequences.

• Coronavirus pandemic in Germany

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Dublin - Even weeks after surviving an infection with the novel Sars-CoV-2 * coronavirus, many people are

struggling

with the

.

particular

seems to be a problem for many people after recovering from Covid 19 disease.

In a study with just under 130 participants, more than half of the former patients

complained of

later

.

Irish scientists report in the journal "Plos One".

SPD politician Karl Lauterbach also regularly warns of the long-term consequences of Covid 19 disease.

Important study on #LongCovid from Dublin: 10 weeks after Covid, half of the patients are not yet healthy.

30% haven't got back to work yet.

Post Covid state of exhaustion in 50% of patients, regardless of Covid severity.

No doctor underestimates this diagnosis https://t.co/fVQ5z8IZpt

- Karl Lauterbach (@Karl_Lauterbach) November 13, 2020

Covid-19 long-term consequences: The course of the disease apparently does not play a role in the symptoms of fatigue

Particularly interesting: According to the researchers, whether someone seriously ill with Covid-19 had to be treated in hospital or not does not play

.

Almost 56 percent of the study participants had been treated with Covid-19 as inpatients.

More and more experts are now assuming that Covid-19 can also have a number of long-term consequences.

Corona patients: tiredness for weeks after the acute phase of illness

A good 52 percent of the 128 participants, who had all

the

at the time of the examination

, still showed symptoms of fatigue at least six weeks after the infection, and for many this was the case even after ten weeks or more.

A good 42 percent said after this time they felt completely healthy again.

“The study emphasizes the burden of post-Covid fatigue.

It also shows that post-Covid fatigue is not related to the severity of the disease, "said Liam Townsend of Trinity College Dublin, who conducted the research with several colleagues.

"It is therefore not easy to predict trends."

Meanwhile, there is growing hope for a vaccine soon.

When, where, who and how is vaccinated * - and what it costs, you can find out here.

Covid 19 patients often not healthy even after discharge from hospital

An analysis by the private health insurance company DKV has confirmed

that

far

even after they have been

.

In addition, the analysis published on Monday showed that 15 percent of the inpatient corona infected people had no previous illnesses *.

It is true that the proportion of those who have been hospitalized and have a severe course increases significantly with increasing age.

Since the beginning of the second wave *, however, it has been shown that there have been a relatively high number of new infections, especially among the under 20-year-olds, since October.

Covid-19: Until then, patients have to be treated in hospital

Younger patients

remain therefore on average

, more than

there are against

.

In the previous illnesses of the patients treated in clinics, heart disease and high blood pressure are particularly common, and people with respiratory diseases are also disproportionately represented.

In more than half of the patients, disorders of the lipid metabolism, fatty liver disease or increased uric acid were diagnosed prior to or during treatment.

The insurer evaluated data from more than ten thousand corona cases.