Follow-up of COVID-19 recovered patients with mild disease

Sci Rep. 2021 Jun 28;11(1):13414. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-92717-8.

Abstract

COVID-19 may manifest as mild, moderate or severe disease with each grade of severity having its own features and post-viral implications. With the rising burden of the pandemic, it is vital to identify not only active disease but any post-recovery complications as well. This study was conducted with the aim of identifying the presence of post-viral symptomatology in patients recovered from mild COVID-19 disease. Presence or absence of 11 post-viral symptoms was recorded and we found that 8 of the 11 studied symptoms were notably more prevalent amongst the female sample population. Our results validate the presence of prolonged symptoms months after recovery from mild COVID-19 disease, particularly in association with the female gender. Hence, proving the post-COVID syndrome is a recognizable diagnosis in the bigger context of the post-viral fatigue syndrome.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • COVID-19 / complications*
  • COVID-19 / epidemiology
  • COVID-19 / pathology*
  • COVID-19 / virology
  • Comorbidity
  • Fatigue / epidemiology
  • Fatigue / etiology
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome
  • SARS-CoV-2 / isolation & purification
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Sex Factors
  • Young Adult