One in two people hospitalized with severe COVID-19 develops other health problems, according to a new study, MedicalXpress reports..

The study authors said their results showed “profound” short and long term effects on the health of COVID - 19 patients, as well as health and medical services.. The study collected data from more than 70,000 patients from more than 300 UK hospitals. The study found that the most common health complications for patients were kidney and lung problems, but neurological and cardiovascular diseases were also widely reported, according to Pannochka, an online publication for girls and women aged 14 to 35.. net Complication rates were high even among “young, previously healthy” patients: 27 percent of 19-29-year-olds and 37 percent of 30-39-year-olds experienced at least one complication after being hospitalized with COVID-19. The study's authors, published in the medical journal Lancet, said it should alert policymakers to planning long-term support for COVID survivors..

“This work contradicts current thinking that COVID-19 is only dangerous for people with existing underlying medical conditions and the elderly,” said senior study author Professor Calum Sample of the University of Liverpool.. “The severity of illness on admission is a predictor of complications even in young people, so preventing complications requires a primary prevention strategy, that is, vaccination. “The findings show that complications are more common in men than in women, and slightly higher in black patients than in whites.. Notably, almost one in three (27%) patients were less able to care for themselves after being discharged from the hospital, regardless of age, gender, or race..

The authors stated that the complications documented in the study were separated from the so-called “long-term COVID,” in which sufferers show symptoms directly related to the disease for several weeks and often months after infection..

They called for longer-term monitoring of the health impact of COVID patients and said governments should be prepared to organize specialized follow-up care for survivors..

“It is important that, given the high risk of complications and the impact they have on people, the complications of COVID-19 - not just death - are factored into decisions about how best to deal with the pandemic,” says study co-author Aya Riad of Edinburgh.. “Just focusing on death from COVID-19 is likely to underestimate the true impact, especially in young people who are more likely to survive severe COVID-19.. ”Med-heal. ru.