Post viral syndrome information
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Summary
Long covid seems to be the same as any other post viral syndrome
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/expert-reaction-long-covid-may-be-no-different-to-other-long-term-virus-effects
From: European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2024, Barcelona, Spain, 27-30 April).
Queensland data
Long COVID ‘indistinguishable’ from other post-viral syndromes and other respiratory virus a year after infection
Comparison with influenza and other respiratory illnesses
Australia, Queensland,
During Omicron wave
No evidence of worse post-viral symptoms or functional impairment a year after infection.
Long COVID may have appeared to be a distinct and severe illness because of high numbers of COVID-19 cases.
N= 5,112 adult symptomatic individuals
(Fatigue, brain fog, cough, shortness of breath, change to smell and taste, dizziness, rapid or irregular heartbeat)
PCRs conducted between 29 May and 25 June 2022
PCR-confirmed infection for COVID-19 = 2,399
PCR negative for COVID-19 = 2,713
Influenza positive = 995
Results collected, May and June 2023
Overall
Still reporting symptoms, 16% (834/5,112)
Still reported moderate-to-severe functional impairment, 3.6% (184)
Those still reporting any symptoms after a year
Post Covid
No difference
Post Influenza
Those with moderate-to-severe functional limitations a year after diagnosis
None covid adults, 3%
Covid positive adults, 4.1%
Influenza positive adults, 3.4%
https://bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/bmjph/1/1/e000060.full.pdf
Comparison at 12 weeks post infection
Ongoing symptoms after covid, 21.4%
Ongoing symptoms after influenza, 23%
Moderate to severe functional impairment after covid, 4.1%
Moderate to severe functional impairment after influenza, 4.4%
Obvious question not addressed!!
Presence of spike protein antibodies
Dr John Gerrard, Queensland’s Chief Health Officer
These findings underscore the importance of comparing post-COVID-19 outcomes with those following other respiratory infections, and of further research into post-viral syndromes.
Furthermore, we believe it is time to stop using terms like ‘long COVID’.
They wrongly imply there is something unique and exceptional about longer term symptoms associated with this virus.
This terminology can cause unnecessary fear