INDOZONE.ID – Women are significantly more likely to suffer COVID-19 than men, women will even experience different symptoms, according to one study.
Long COVID is a syndrome in which complications persist for more than four weeks or even months after the initial infection COVID-19.
Reported India TV, a study from the Johnson & Johnson Office of the Chief Medical Officer Health of Women Team, which analyzed data from approximately 1.3 million patients, looked at women with long COVID exhibit a variety of symptoms including ear, nose, and throat problems.
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Not only that, long COVID In women it can also have an impact on mood, neurological, skin, gastrointestinal and rheumatological disorders as well as fatigue.
However, male patients are more likely to experience endocrine disorders such as diabetes and kidney disorders.
From a study published in the journal Current Medical Research and Opinion, the chances of women developing syndrome long COVID-19 by 22 percent, higher than men.
“Differences in immune system function between women and men could be an important driver of sex differences in Long COVID syndrome,” explained the researchers, quoted by India TV.
“Women promote more rapid and robust innate and adaptive immune responses, which may protect them from early and severe infection. However, these same differences may make women more susceptible to prolonged autoimmune-related diseases,” they added.
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