With input from Dr Monica Vasudev

1100: 9 in 10 Recovered COVID-19 Patients Experience Side Effects, says Study

1. Nine in ten COVID-19 patients reported side-effects including fatigue, psychological after-effects and loss of smell and taste following recovery, reported a preliminary study by South Korea.
2. An online survey of 965 recovered COVID-19 patients revealed that 879 people (91.1%) responded that they were having at least one side-effect from the disease, stated the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) official Kwon Jun-wook.
3. Fatigue appeared to be the most common side-effect (26.2%), followed by difficulty in concentration (24.6%).
4. Other after-effects included psychological or mental side-effects and loss of taste or smell.
5. Kim Shin-woo, professor of internal medicine at Kyungpook National University School of Medicine in Daegu, asked for comments from 5,762 recovered patients in South Korea and 16.7% of them participated in the survey.

[Excerpts from TOI]

Dr KK Aggarwal

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