The pandemic caused by covid-19 has caused cases with persistent symptoms, even having exceeded the disease days or months ago. habits like improve rest could prevent the symptoms of persistent covidaccording to the Harvard School of Public Health in a study carried out on 32,000 women.
Healthy weight, not smoking and exercising: the three aces to reduce the symptoms of persistent covid
As the report states, the women who have a healthy body weight, do not smoke, exercise regularly, rest normally, have a good diet and reduce alcohol consumption, have about half the risk of contracting the virus for a long time compared to women without these healthy lifestyle habits.
“With the continuous waves of covid-19, the long duration of the virus has created a serious burden on public health. Our findings raise the possibility that adopting healthier behaviors can reduce the risk of developing a prolonged covid”he argues Andrea RobertsPrincipal Research Scientist at Department of Environmental Health and lead author of the study.
“A healthy lifestyle is good for general health”
To establish that you have persistent symptoms, count the number of weeks that the subject has manifested said symptoms. It is considered prolonged covid when symptoms continue four weeks or more after initial SARS-CoV-2 infection. The results of the study showed that, even among women who developed the virus for a long time, those with a healthier lifestyle before infection had a 30% less risk of having symptoms interfere with your daily life.
Likewise, other authors of the study highlight that not leading a healthy lifestyle is associated with an increased risk of chronic inflammation and immune dysregulation.
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“In recent decades, scientists have accumulated evidence that a healthy lifestyle is good for overall health. However, in the US, for example, 70% of the population does not have a healthy body weight and 30% does not get enough sleep“add the experts.
