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METERMore than half of patients who contract coronavirus suffer from persistent fatigue, regardless of the severity of their infection, a small study suggests.
The researchers found that even 10 weeks after recovering from Covid-19, people reported continued tiredness and exhaustion.
The study, led by Dr Liam Townsend of Trinity College, Dublin, will be presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases’ Coronavirus Disease Conference.
It found that 10 weeks after clinical recovery from Covid-19, 52% of the 128 people in the study reported ongoing fatigue.
The group was typically 50 years old and 54% were women.
A commonly used scale was used to determine fatigue, while the researchers also looked at the severity of the patient’s initial infection, pre-existing health conditions, and various blood markers.
Of the patients, 71 of 128 had been admitted to the hospital and 57 were not admitted, but the levels of ongoing fatigue were the same.
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