Post-COVID-19 syndrome often develops in asymptomatic coronavirus patients

The so-called post-COVID-19 syndrome can develop in people who have been asymptomatic COVID-19 patients; moreover, the manifestations may remain for at least two months. This is stated in a study published in medrxiv.

The authors of the study focused on people who were infected with the coronavirus, but didn’t need to be admitted to hospitals. After 60 days, 27% of them showed signs of the post-Soviet syndrome, including shortness of breath, cough, chest pain or abdominal pain. Out of 34 children whose data were included in the study, “long COVID-19” developed in 11 of them.

There were no symptoms of COVID-19 in the course of ten days after one-third of people with long-term disorders following the virus received a positive result of the PSR test. However, scientists say the study featured a small number of asymptomatic patients since those people rarely get tested for the coronavirus.

Scientists have set aside clusters of symptoms of the post-COVID-19 syndrome that can often be combined, including:

1. Shortness of breath, anxiety, acceleration of heartbeat, headache, abdominal pain
2. Cough, anxiety, taste disorder, muscle pain, nausea
3. Fever, headache, muscle pain, acceleration of heartbeat, abdominal pain
4. Chest pain, acceleration of heartbeat, anxiety, insomnia
5. Diarrhea, abdominal pain, anxiety, nausea, headache

The authors have found a link between certain symptoms in the acute phase of COVID-19 and the development of certain clusters of symptoms. For instance, insomnia was linked to the frequent development of the second and fourth clusters (cough and chest pain).