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For many, recovery from COVID-19’s acute phase is just the beginning of the story. COVID-19 can affectTrusted Source the long-term health of a person’s heart, brain, lungs, kidneys, and skin. It can also cause a host of lasting symptoms, referred to collectively as “long COVID... www.medicalnewstoday.com, Almost half of COVID-19 patients have lasting health issues, Robby Berman, 2021
The authors of the study analyzed the medical charts of 288 people hospitalized with COVID-19 at Michigan Medicine, the university’s health system, between March and April 2020, during the pandemic’s first wave.
Of the 45% of COVID-19 patients who were in worse shape after hospitalization than before, 40.6% were not assessed by a PM&R physician, physical therapist, occupational therapist, or speech and language pathologist prior to discharge. This suggests that post-COVID problems have been underreported, notes Dr. Daunter.
The unresolved health issues were so serious that almost 20% of the patients were no longer able to live independently after being discharged from the hospital.
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