Published July 29, 2021 at 17.05
Domestic. The number of Swedes with chronic or long-term symptoms after undergoing covid-19 infection has grown to 25,000 people, reports SVT.
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The most common consequences of covid-19 are brain fatigue and lower IQ followed by pain and impaired lung function, according to SVT.
To cope with the care of all new postcovid patients, several regions have opened special clinics for them.
Charlotte Thålin, covid-19 researcher and specialist at Danderyd Hospital, urges caution in assessing the number of patients and the need for care.
– I think that there may be a risk in making this diagnosis too frivolous, she says, pointing out that many who have been diagnosed have not even had a confirmed covid-19 infection.
How large the over-representation of women is among the sick do not print SVT. But according to the National Board of Health and Welfare, long-term & shy; twice as many women as men take sick leave after a covid-19 infection, even though the disease is more deadly for men than for women.