Most patients with COVID-19 who have lingering symptoms at 12 months are likely to still have symptoms at 18 months, new data suggest.
, most reported lingering symptoms at both time points, researchers reported in Nature Communications.18COVID
. But among the 31,486 people with symptomatic infections, nearly half reported incomplete recovery at six toA total of 3,744 participants with symptomatic infections completed questionnaires twice over the following year. At six, 8% reported no recovery, 47% reported partial recovery, and 45% reported complete recovery. Those rates had barely changed atOne in 20 patients with a symptomatic infection reported no recovery at the most recent follow-up, researchers said.
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