John Jillott, who lives in Seattle, was diagnosed with Corona in March 2020. He remained on ventilator for several days. Now they are facing the problem of long covid. Actually, even after recovering from corona, the effect is felt in other parts of the body for a long time. Even after recovering from corona, if a person has any one or more of 20 symptoms including cough, shortness of breath, brain fog, anxiety, then he can have long covid.
To find out the factors of similar symptoms, a study has been done at the University of California. In this, the researchers monitored 200 people who had been cured for 3 months. They have identified 4 factors for long covid, which show an increased risk of having permanent symptoms after a few weeks in the infected.
- The first factor is the coronavirus RNA level at the beginning of infection, which tells the amount of virus in the blood of an infected person.
- The second factor is certain antibodies, which attack the wrong tissues of the body. This attack is similar to that in diseases related to heart, lungs, bone joints, skin, brain and kidney, arthritis. This is called lupus.
- The third factor is the activation of the Epstein-Barr virus. The Epstein-Barr virus is one in which the individual’s immune system begins to harm him. Due to this, he starts having problems like fatigue, fever, weight loss, loss of appetite, swelling in the throat. Its treatment is possible. Its effect can last for 1 to 2 weeks.
- The fourth factor is type 2 diabetes i.e. those who have diabetes are at risk of long covid.
Loss of smell in 50% of people who were cured of corona in the first wave
37% of the patients included in the study said that even after 3 months they feel more than 3 long covid symptoms. 24% said that even after recovering from corona, they have not been able to recover from two symptoms. Although 39% said that they are not feeling any symptoms after corona.
On the other hand, scientists in Sweden found in a post-covid study that about 50% of those who were cured of infection in the first wave are facing the problem of smelling.
