For many people, the consequences of the virus continue well beyond the initial infection
While hundreds of thousands of people are still getting COVID every day across the globe, reassuringly, the number of people dying as a result of the infection has dropped significantly thanks to effective vaccines and treatments.
The term long COVID encompasses both “ongoing symptomatic COVID-19” and “ post COVID syndrome ” . Our research focused on the latter. But the main element of our study was in comparing those who did report symptoms with those who didn’t. We explored what factors might make people more or less likely to develop long COVID by looking at participants’ medical records. We took into account factors including body mass index , sex, medication use, other health conditions, and whether the person lived in a deprived area or not.
Other studies have similarly shown that women are at greater risk of developing long COVID. The reasons for this are unclear, though scientists have hypothesised that female sex hormones may play a role.We don’t know exactly why this might be, but some have suggested that because obesity leads to more inflammation in the body, people who are obese take longer to get rid of the virus, in turn predisposing them to long COVID.
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