Well-known symptoms of long COVID include fatigue, fogginess, and for some, the long-term loss of smell and taste.
However, a new study has found that there is a broader range of symptoms, including hair loss, loss of libido, incontinence, and erectile dysfunction in men — and some people are more susceptible than others.
Researchers from the University of Birmingham analyzed the health records of around 2.4 million people in the UK, finding that those who had been infected with COVID-19 reported 63 symptoms more frequently 12 weeks after they were infected compared to those who hadn’t been infected.
Researchers of the study — published in Nature Medicine — broke the most common symptoms into three categories: respiratory symptoms, mental health, and cognitive problems. Other common symptoms include loss of smell, shortness of breath, chest pain and fever, nausea and vomiting, fever, bowel incontinence, erectile dysfunction, anhedonia (lack of enjoyment), and limb swelling.
The study suggests that particular groups of people are more likely to develop long COVID, namely females, younger people, and those belonging to a black, mixed, or another ethnic group.
via joemiller