23% of COVID-19 patients are Long Covid...Women Are More Dangerous
Mar 14, 2025
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This is the result of a recent study by Dr. Manolis Cogevinas of the World Health Research Institute (ISGlobal) in Barcelona, Spain, published in the medical journal BMC Medicine.
The research team surveyed 2,764 Catalan residents in 2020, 2021, and 2023 and tracked their aftereffects through blood samples and medical records. As a result of analyzing the aftereffects by dividing them into neurological and musculoskeletal symptoms, respiratory symptoms, and various organ-related symptoms, 23% of COVID-19 patients suffered from long Covid after overcoming it. In addition, 56% of patients who experienced long-COVID were confirmed to still show symptoms after two years.
Longcovid is known to persist for at least three months in respiratory, nervous system, and digestive-related symptoms, along with common symptoms such as fatigue.
The research team said "Women, people with severe COVID-19, and people with pre-existing chronic diseases such as asthma had a high risk of long-covid, and obesity and immunoglobulin g (IgG) antibodies before vaccination were also risk factors for long-covid." On the other hand, healthy lifestyles such as vaccination before infection, regular physical activity, and adequate sleep were identified as protective factors to reduce the risk of long Covid, and after the Omicron variant, the risk of long Covid in infected people was also lowered.
In a recent study published in the American Medical Association (AMA) journal JAMA Network Open, a team led by Professor Dimpisha of Texas Health University in San Antonio found that women over 40 years of age have more than 40% higher risk of 'Long Covid' than men of the same age.
In a study of 12,000 COVID-19 infections in 33 states, the research team found that women had a 31-44% higher risk of developing long COVID-19 than men in the age group except for those aged 18-39. Risk levels were found to be related to pregnancy, age, and menopause. When the analysis was limited to women who were not pregnant, the risk of long Covid for women was 50% higher than for men, and the risk of long Covid for men in the 40-54 age group was 42% higher than for men and 45% higher for non-menopausal women.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
