Commenting on the study, Dr Michael Horberg, who recently presented data on long Covid said: “The issue is that as we go along with the Covid lifespan from acute to long Covid, what prompts patients to seek medical attention may change.
“If symptoms are not severe or were not well publicised previously, patients may not see the need to seek care or evaluation. As such, it doesn’t surprise me to find changes over time, independent of any potential biological activity of the virus or its consequences.
“To me the take home point is long Covid is real and physicians need to be on the look out for it.”
Dr Debby Bogaert of the University of Edinburgh also commented on the study: “The number of patients with ongoing symptoms is very high, therefore unlikely that all of this is re-emergence of underlying or previous health problems.”