A study shows that people infected with Covid-19 experience lasting effects for months Recently published on JAMA Network Open.
Researchers at the Scripps Research and Translation Institute tracked people’s Covid-19 test results, symptoms, and Fitbit data over several months. Of the 234 people who tested positive for the virus, many experienced lingering effects, including increased heart rate, increased steps, and differences in sleep after the initial illness.
According to this study, on average, it takes 79 days for people’s resting heart rate to return to baseline levels. It takes less time for people’s steps and sleep quality to return to normal levels—about a month.
The author of the study wrote: “We found that the physiological effects of COVID-19 infection lasted for a long time, lasting about 2 to 3 months on average, but there are great differences within individuals, which may reflect different degrees of autonomic nervous system dysfunction Or potentially persistent inflammation.”
Although it is normal for people to increase their central rate during the viral infection process, the results of the study hint at some long-term effects experienced by people infected with Covid-19.The National Institutes of Health has Initiated an effort to study “Long Covid”, The term is used to describe a series of lingering symptoms experienced by some people infected with Covid-19, from fatigue to gastrointestinal symptoms to “brain fog.”
A small group of study participants, 32 people who tested positive for Covid-19, had an increase in resting heart rate for more than 133 days. Compared with other people who tested positive, they also experienced more coughing, body aches and shortness of breath during the initial illness.
Between March 25, 2020 and January 24, 2021, 37,146 people chose to participate in this study. If they are tested for Covid-19, they will share their wearable device data, symptoms and test results.This is an Long-term effort See if wearable data can be used to detect infections early and prevent the spread of viral diseases.
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