https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Study-reveals-long-COVID-risks-17200501.phpby Amy Graff
May 31, 2022
A new unpublished study from 23andMe is part of a growing body of research shedding light on who experiences post-COVID conditions and why. The survey, which was voluntary and relied on people self-reporting symptoms, had several major findings, including that women were far more likely to experience long-term symptoms, as were people with a prior diagnosis of depression or anxiety. More than half of people who reported a diagnosis of long COVID had a history of cardiometabolic disease, such as heart attacks or diabetes.
The 23andMe survey included 100,000 people who reported a diagnosis of COVID. Of those, 26,000 described experiencing symptoms of COVID at least a month after being infected. In addition, more than 7,000 participants reported an official diagnosis of long COVID. Survey participants were asked about their symptoms at 3, 6 and 12 months. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates, about 13.3% of people with COVID will experience symptoms for at least a month, and 2.5% of people will experience symptoms for longer than three months.
Among participants who received vaccines after catching COVID, more than half (55%) reported no change in their symptoms, 25% reported an improvement in symptoms, and about 13% reported that their symptoms got worse. The rest did not know, weren't sure or didn't answer.
“So what does that tell us?” Aslibekyan said. “The vaccine may not be a cure for long COVID."
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The survey from which this was derived:
https://blog.23andme.com/23andme-research/anxiety-depression-long-covid/
