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Head of the Rehabilitation Clinic of Kaunas Clinics, cardiologist doctor prof. Raimondas Kubilius states that many people with the disease did not have any complaints about comorbidities and evaluated their health as good.
“The study shows that before the onset of COVID-19, only 37 percent of respondents were diagnosed with concomitant diseases, the most common of which were high blood pressure, obesity and allergies, less thyroid and gastrointestinal disorders. Before the start of the COVID-19 disease, up to 87.9 percent. the patients rated their health as good, very good or excellent ”, says the professor.
Almost all of the patients experienced at least one symptom of COVID-19 infection. “Most of the patients were bothered by at least one symptom of the disease and only 4.4 percent. The patients did not experience any signs of the disease, says R. Kubilius.” The main bothersome symptoms are fatigue, partial loss or total smell, fever and chills and muscle aches. “
Preliminary data from a study conducted by the Rehabilitation Clinic revealed that the acute course of an acute illness when postcovidroid syndrome is diagnosed is characterized by the same persistent symptoms or new and bothersome complaints throughout the course of the illness.
“More than half of the people with COVID-19 infection say they still felt a loss of physical capacity and lack of strength when they officially recovered. More than a third say they had general fatigue, memory disorders, attention, concentration , concentration problems, ”says Dovilė Važgelienė, one of the researchers at Kaunas Clinics, Physician of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
Study participants who have sought treatment for post-ovidroid syndrome believe that they also need rehabilitation.
“Of all respondents who had symptoms after illness, just over a third said they had consulted doctors about symptoms and were consulted. Almost half of those surveyed who have been diagnosed with post-ovidroid syndrome believe they need and they would benefit from a rehabilitation treatment ”, says Prof. R. Kubilius.
The professor emphasizes that women are one and a half times more likely than men to seek rehabilitation treatment. Currently, according to the current description of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania, only patients who have been treated in a hospital due to the COVID-19 disease can be referred for rehabilitation.
A large proportion of recurrent COVID-19 infections feel that their health has deteriorated and has not returned to baseline levels. “Unfortunately, only less than half of the respondents say that their health has deteriorated slightly compared to the former. Around 38 percent. Respondents noticed restrictions in both physical activities and work,” explains the doctor.
It is recalled that data collection continues in the study “Residual symptoms of COVID-19 patients and their impact on biosocial functions”. Anyone with a history of COVID-19 is invited to complete a questionnaire and contribute to the study. You will find the questionnaire here.
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