Pre-pandemic Health Patterns Influence Risk Of Developing Post-covid

Women who often sought healthcare for recurring symptoms earlier nan pandemic were much apt to later beryllium diagnosed pinch post-COVID, according to a thesis astatine nan University of Gothenburg.

One of nan sub-studies successful nan thesis includes conscionable complete 200,000 Swedish women. The researchers analyzed nan women's visits to superior attraction successful nan years earlier nan pandemic and compared them pinch those who later received diagnoses specified arsenic post-COVID, semipermanent fatigue aft viral infection aliases fatigue syndrome.

The analyzed healthcare visits earlier nan pandemic concerned symptoms specified arsenic fatigue, pain, dizziness aliases different beingness complaints wherever a clear diagnosis could not ever beryllium established astatine nan visit.

Five times arsenic likely

The results show that nan much specified attraction visits nan women had earlier nan pandemic, nan greater nan likelihood of later receiving 1 of nan diagnoses. Women pinch much than 8 specified attraction visits earlier nan pandemic were much than 5 times arsenic apt to later person a test of post-covid aliases fatigue syndrome compared to women without specified visits.

Post-COVID is often described arsenic a nonstop consequence of nan infection. Our results show that location whitethorn besides beryllium a longer inheritance of illness and attraction seeking that plays a domiciled successful who later receives nan diagnosis."

Agnes af Geijerstam, expert and PhD successful organization medicine and nationalist health, University of Gothenburg

At nan aforesaid time, nan study shows that astir 1 5th of nan women who were diagnosed pinch post-COVID had not had immoderate specified attraction visits earlier nan pandemic. This suggests that respective different factors whitethorn lend to nan improvement and test of nan disease.

Broad image of COVID

The study is based connected Swedish nationalist wellness registers and follows women's healthcare contacts complete time. Agnes af Geijerstam's thesis, which includes nan study, provides a broader image of different factors during different stages of life that tin impact nan consequence of infection, terrible unwellness and test during nan Covid-19 pandemic. 

– The pandemic did not impact everyone equally. Our studies show that some biological, psychological and societal factors during life are linked to really group were affected by COVID-19, says Agnes af Geijerstam.