Covid-1 patients who initially experience at least five symptoms are more likely to have issues with the virus delay, the researchers said.
The BBC reports that researchers at King’s College London published a print paper on Wednesday in which they looked at factors that could determine whether one would still experience symptoms after recovering from the virus.
The study – which has not been peer-reviewed – looked at the self-reported data of 4,182 users of the COVID feature study application who tested positive for the virus.
Researchers have found that one in seven patients feel sick for at least four weeks, while one in 20 patients experience symptoms for at least eight weeks.
One of the early warning signs for these cases – called “long covid” – was how many features were logged into the application.
Lead researcher Dr. “Having more than five different symptoms in the first week was one of the risk factors,” Claire Steves told BBC News.
They also found that age is another factor, with 10 per cent of people aged 18 to 49 reporting long-term symptoms. Which has reached 22 per cent for people over the age of 70.
Gender also appeared to play a role. According to the report, women in small populations suffer from “long covid” at a rate of 1.5 per cent, while men of the same age have done so at a rate of 9.5 per cent.
“We have seen from preliminary data coming out that men were at risk of very serious disease and unfortunately were at risk of dying from covid,” Steves said. “Women seem to be at greater risk of long covid.”
The researchers said they used the data to create a model that accurately predicted “long covid” cases in about 69 percent of the time.
“We think it’s going to be really important because then we can identify those people, maybe give them a preventive strategy, but decisively, follow them and make sure they get the rehabilitation they need,” Steves said.
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