{"id":120012,"date":"2023-10-06T20:19:38","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T20:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uklevitrasupport.com\/?p=120012"},"modified":"2023-10-06T20:19:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T20:19:38","slug":"long-colds-are-now-a-thing-and-could-be-as-common-as-long-covid-say-boffins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uklevitrasupport.com\/world-news\/long-colds-are-now-a-thing-and-could-be-as-common-as-long-covid-say-boffins\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Long colds’ are now a thing and could be as common as long Covid say boffins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Boffins have discovered \u201clong colds\u201d exist \u2013 and they could be just as common as long Covid.<\/p>\n

Millions of people are left with long-term symptoms after catching a respiratory bug other than Covid-19, according to researchers at Queen Mary University of London. They often include persistent coughing, stomach pain and diarrhoea.<\/p>\n

A study classed patients as having a \u201clong cold\u201d if symptoms of a cold, flu or pneumonia stuck around for more than four weeks after infection. The scientists said: \u201cOur findings suggest that there may be long-lasting health impacts from other respiratory infections that are going unrecognised, although we do not yet have evidence that these symptoms have a similar duration to long Covid.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Experts looked at data from 10,203 people taking part in the Covidence UK study into coronavirus in the population. At the time, 1,343 had suffered from Covid and 472 from a different respiratory illness. <\/p>\n

In both groups, around 22% had symptoms that hung around for more than a month after their initial infection. The longest lasted 37 weeks for non-Covid sufferers and 64 weeks for those with Covid.<\/p>\n

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Lead author Giulia Vivaldi said: \u201cOur findings shine a light not only on the impact of long Covid on people\u2019s lives, but also other respiratory infections. A lack of awareness – or even the lack of a common term – prevents both reporting and diagnosis of these conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n

The research, published in medical journal The Lancet, found Covid patients were more likely to have lasting taste and smell problems, dizziness, heart palpitations, sweating and hair loss. But non-Covid sufferers were more likely to develop a long-term cough.<\/p>\n

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