I just wanted to look at one article and now I'm on their mailing list!

I almost never do this but here is the whole article.


Long-haul COVID-19 patients surprise Mayo researchers
Fatigue and continued breathing problems were most common symptoms along
with neurological and cognitive issues.
https://www.startribune.com/long-hau...ai gn=talkers

A Mayo Clinic study is among the first to address who suffers post-COVID
syndromes, and the types of symptoms they endure.

Lingering breathing problems and complications in the weeks and months
after suffering COVID-19 illnesses were most common in women and in
patients who didn't need hospitalizations or suffer severe initial
infections, a new Mayo Clinic study found.

The roundup report offered several surprises about the first 100
patients to receive care through Mayo's rehabilitation program for
so-called "long haul" post-COVID symptoms. Only 25% of the patients had
been hospitalized for COVID-19, according to the study by Dr. Greg
Vanichkachorn and colleagues that was published in Mayo Clinic
Proceedings.

"We are not seeing that hospitalization is a huge risk factor for this
prolonged COVID state," said Vanichkachorn, medical director of Mayo's
COVID-19 Activity Rehabilitation Program (CARP).

The study is among the first to not only address the mystery of who
suffers post-COVID syndromes, but also the types of symptoms they
endure. Eighty of the 100 patients reported fatigue while 59 reported
breathing problems and 59 reported neurological symptoms ranging from
headaches to dizziness. Forty-five reported cognitive impairments, such
as fogginess in memories and thoughts.

While 91 patients had been working before COVID-19 illness, only 63 were
back working and 29 had returned to full hours.The prevalence and nature
of post-COVID symptoms has been poorly understood, though a few studies
have offered estimates and the National Institutes of Health recently
named the syndrome as post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC).

Mayo's rehab program started last year with an initial definition of the
syndrome as someone experiencing symptoms four or more weeks after a
positive test for SARS-CoV-2 infection. The average age of the patients
in the study was 45, and the majority did not have underlying health
problems before infections.

Vanichkachorn said the fatigue in patients was severe enough to link to
COVID-19, rather than to related issues such as depression and anxiety
caused by isolation during the pandemic or other issues.

"It's not like 'I'm always sort of tired,' " he said. "Its like, 'I take
my dog for a walk or do some light gardening and then I take a four-hour
nap or I have symptoms for the next two, three days.' Some people will
tell me it's like all of their life energy is sucked out of them."

Basing the study on the first 100 people to seek post-COVID care at Mayo
creates some limitations, including that certain demographics might be
more likely to seek medical care for problems that others might try to
endure on their own.

The patients in the study on average were evaluated 93 days after
infections. Vanichkachorn said the findings are helpful in that they
identify the common symptoms, which could motivate patients to seek
screening for rehab care sooner.

Jeremy Olson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter covering health care
for the Star Tribune. Trained in investigative and computer-assisted
reporting, Olson has covered politics, social services, and family
issues.

stribJO

On Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 9:26:30 PM UTC-4, micky wrote:
I just wanted to look at one article and now I'm on their mailing list!

I almost never do this but here is the whole article.


Long-haul COVID-19 patients surprise Mayo researchers
Fatigue and continued breathing problems were most common symptoms along
with neurological and cognitive issues.
https://www.startribune.com/long-hau...ai gn=talkers

A Mayo Clinic study is among the first to address who suffers post-COVID
syndromes, and the types of symptoms they endure.

Lingering breathing problems and complications in the weeks and months
after suffering COVID-19 illnesses were most common in women and in
patients who didn't need hospitalizations or suffer severe initial
infections, a new Mayo Clinic study found.

The roundup report offered several surprises about the first 100
patients to receive care through Mayo's rehabilitation program for
so-called "long haul" post-COVID symptoms. Only 25% of the patients had
been hospitalized for COVID-19, according to the study by Dr. Greg
Vanichkachorn and colleagues that was published in Mayo Clinic
Proceedings.

"We are not seeing that hospitalization is a huge risk factor for this
prolonged COVID state," said Vanichkachorn, medical director of Mayo's
COVID-19 Activity Rehabilitation Program (CARP).

The study is among the first to not only address the mystery of who
suffers post-COVID syndromes, but also the types of symptoms they
endure. Eighty of the 100 patients reported fatigue while 59 reported
breathing problems and 59 reported neurological symptoms ranging from
headaches to dizziness. Forty-five reported cognitive impairments, such
as fogginess in memories and thoughts.

While 91 patients had been working before COVID-19 illness, only 63 were
back working and 29 had returned to full hours.The prevalence and nature
of post-COVID symptoms has been poorly understood, though a few studies
have offered estimates and the National Institutes of Health recently
named the syndrome as post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC).

Mayo's rehab program started last year with an initial definition of the
syndrome as someone experiencing symptoms four or more weeks after a
positive test for SARS-CoV-2 infection. The average age of the patients
in the study was 45, and the majority did not have underlying health
problems before infections.

Vanichkachorn said the fatigue in patients was severe enough to link to
COVID-19, rather than to related issues such as depression and anxiety
caused by isolation during the pandemic or other issues.

"It's not like 'I'm always sort of tired,' " he said. "Its like, 'I take
my dog for a walk or do some light gardening and then I take a four-hour
nap or I have symptoms for the next two, three days.' Some people will
tell me it's like all of their life energy is sucked out of them."

Basing the study on the first 100 people to seek post-COVID care at Mayo
creates some limitations, including that certain demographics might be
more likely to seek medical care for problems that others might try to
endure on their own.

The patients in the study on average were evaluated 93 days after
infections. Vanichkachorn said the findings are helpful in that they
identify the common symptoms, which could motivate patients to seek
screening for rehab care sooner.

Jeremy Olson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter covering health care
for the Star Tribune. Trained in investigative and computer-assisted
reporting, Olson has covered politics, social services, and family
issues.

stribJO

Can't be. It's just like the flu, not that serious, if you're not fat it's no big
deal......