People who survive severe COVID are 2.5 times as likely to die within a year as ...

People who survive severe COVID are 2.5 times as likely to die within a year as ...
People who survive severe COVID are 2.5 times as likely to die within a year as ...

Long Covid may lead to an increased risk of death in the year after a patient's diagnosis, a new study finds.

Researchers at the University of Florida analyzed health records from over 13,000 patients, following them for 12 months. 

Patients who had severe Covid symptoms were 2.5 times as likely to die over the next year after their diagnosis compared with those who tested negative for Covid.

Younger patients (under age 65) who suffered severe symptoms had a particularly high mortality risk at 3.3 times as likely to die as patients under age 65 who tested negative.

The study indicates that there's 'a substantial risk of dying' from unrecognized Covid complications, the study's lead author said. Vaccination can prevent such complications. 

Patients hospitalized with severe Covid symptoms have an increased risk of dying - from all causes - in the next year, a new study finds. Pictured: Healthcare workers treat a Covid patient in an ICU in Tarzana, California, September 2021

Patients hospitalized with severe Covid symptoms have an increased risk of dying - from all causes - in the next year, a new study finds. Pictured: Healthcare workers treat a Covid patient in an ICU in Tarzana, California, September 2021

It's now well-known among scientists and doctors that Covid infections can lead to symptoms for many weeks or months after patients are first diagnosed.

The prolonged condition, called long Covid, is estimated to impact between 10 and 30 percent of people infected with the coronavirus, according to the National Institutes of Health

Symptoms can come in a wide range, from cough and shortness of breath to fatigue, diarrhea, menstrual issues, new allergies, and more.

Some long Covid patients have been suffering symptoms for more than a year and a half.

A new study suggests that, in addition to prolonged symptoms, long Covid could lead to increased risk of death within the first year after a patient's diagnosis.

For the study, published Wednesday in the journal Frontiers in Medicine, researchers at the University of Florida used anonymous health records to follow 13,600 patients for 12 months after their Covid tests or related doctor's visits.

'We conducted a previous study that showed that patients with severe Covid who recovered were at significantly greater risk of being hospitalized in the subsequent six months,' said Dr Arch Mainous, lead author on

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