I had a cold last month, but I’m still getting rid of a mild cough. This seems pretty timely for me.
The findings suggest there may be long-lasting health impacts after non-Covid acute respiratory infections such as colds, influenza, or pneumonia, that have been going unrecognised.
However, the researchers do not yet have evidence suggesting that the symptoms have the same severity or duration as long Covid.
Ask someone with CFS/ME. This should have been common knowledge for about half a century or so.
Yep. Person here with CFS/ME prior to Covid being treated by a research team that is now also studying Long Covid. AMA ✋
I guess CFS/ME is Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
Crucially:
However, the researchers do not yet have evidence suggesting that the symptoms have the same severity or duration as long Covid
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Martineau said people with Covid in the study were more likely to suffer taste and smell problems and light-headedness or dizziness than those without. They also suffered heart palpitations, sweating and hair loss.
Those in the non-Covid group were more likely to have a cough or a hoarse voice than people with Covid. Both groups suffered breathlessness and fatigue.
