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Almost everyone who suffers from long-term complaints after a corona infection experiences major consequences.
A third of the 1741 people with long-term Covid (Long Covid) who participate in research by the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), say that they are unable to work because of the complaints. Almost half (46 percent) work less than usual.
The vast majority of people who suffer from corona complaints for a long time, have not been very ill in the first place. Only 5 percent have been hospitalized. For the remaining 95 percent, the disease in the acute phase was relatively mild. After that, however, they suffered a lot from complaints.
Fatigue is the most common, according to the first results of the ongoing study. 90 percent of the respondents with long-term Covid suffer from this. This is followed by concentration problems (74 percent) and shortness of breath (70 percent). Almost everyone calls the impact of long-term Covid great.
On average, the participants suffered from complaints for 7 months. It is still unknown whether the Delta variant of the virus causes other long-term complaints than previous variants. The institute also does not yet know whether there are differences between adults and children.
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