Researchers find 55 long-term COVID effects. These are the most common
What are these long-lasting symptoms exactly? A study published recently in Nature’s Scientific Reports reviewed thousands of publications for studies of longterm COVID effects. The researchers conducted a meta-analysis of 47,910 patients, ages 17 to 87.
Here are the 25 most common long COVID symptoms, according to the meta-analysis:
- Fatigue (58%)
- Headaches (44%)
- Attention disorder (27%)
- Hair loss (25%)
- Dyspnea, or difficulty breathing (24%)
- Ageusia, or loss of taste (23%)
- Anosmia, or loss of smell (21%)
- Post-activity polypnea, or heavy breathing/panting/sweating (21%)
- Joint pain (19%)
- Cough (19%)
- Sweat (17%)
- Nausea or vomiting (16%)
- Chest pain (16%)
- Memory loss (16%)
- Hearing loss or ringing in the ears (15%)
- Anxiety (13%)
- Depression (12%)
- Digestive disorders (12%)
- Weight loss (12%)
- Cutaneous signs, or skin and dermatological issues (12%)
- Increase in resting heart rate (11%)
- Palpitations (11%)
- Pain (11%)
- Intermittent fever (11%)
- Sleep disorder (11%)
The 30 other long COVID symptoms identified are less common, and include everything from psychiatric disorders to kidney failure.
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