INDOZONE.ID – New research from Sweden has tracked more than a million cases of COVID-19 for months to discover how COVID-19 affect the risk of blood clots.
Reported New AtlasThe findings show that COVID-19 significantly increases a person’s risk of developing deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in the months following infection.
The study, published in The BMJ, looked at health data from 1,057,174 positive cases of COVID-19. This includes every positive case recorded in Sweden from the start of the pandemic until May 2021.
A control group of four million age- and sex-matched subjects who were not positive for COVID was created to measure the increased risk blood clotting caused by infection.
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Within 30 days of being infected with COVID-19, the researchers found a 33-fold increase in pulmonary embolism, a five-fold increase in the risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and a two-fold increase in the incidence of generalized bleeding.
The researchers also found that patients who were initially hit by COVID-19 were at greater long-term risk of blood clots.
COVID-19 patients who experience mild symptoms also have an impact on blood clotting, namely a three-fold risk of DVT and a seven-fold risk of pulmonary embolism.
Education This latest study is considered the most powerful for investigating the association between blood clotting and SARS-CoV-2 infection, and this is not the first study of its kind.
A large UK study last year found similar signs when comparing the rates of haematological and vascular events after COVID-19 with the rates of similar events after COVID vaccination.
The study more generally found significant increases in rates of stroke, heart attack, and blood clots a month after COVID infection.
In addition, it was also found that the rate of these side effects was much higher after COVID-19 than after vaccination.
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