Some lingering COVID symptoms can keep tormenting you even after two years, a new study has revealed. “Nearly 90% of those who were employed returned to their jobs within two years.
But the survivors had a "remarkably" lower health status than the general population at two years," the study said, and ‘the burden of symptoms from after-effects "remained fairly high." Fatigue or muscle weakness is the most reported symptom, while people who were critically ill can even have high rates of lung impairments at two years.
The study that was published in The Lancet said that 55% patients still had at least one COVID-19 after-effect even after 2 years. "Our findings indicate that for a certain proportion of hospitalized COVID-19 survivors, while they may have cleared the initial infection, more than two years is needed to recover fully from COVID-19," the researchers said.
During the study, regardless of initial disease severity, the 2,469 COVID-19 survivors showed physical and mental health over time over time.