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1/🧵This weeks 2 important studies on Long COVID
📌Include ~340k COVID patients vs ~7M controls out to 2 yrs
📌Organ dysfunction persists in 33%
📌Levels of disability from #LongCOVID exceed those of cancer & heart disease‼️
Links at end of this thread
📌Include ~340k COVID patients vs ~7M controls out to 2 yrs
📌Organ dysfunction persists in 33%
📌Levels of disability from #LongCOVID exceed those of cancer & heart disease‼️
Links at end of this thread
2/ Remember that these data complement the 8 or so other studies showing similar findings, and EXTEND the information using VERY large control groups w censoring if those controls got COVID.
https://twitter.com/weselymd/status/1560222715159756800
3/ CAVEATS:
First, these are US Military Veterans
✏️Thus, older and more white than the average #LongCOVID person
✏️They also do NOT help us with Delta and Omicron variant COVID
✏️These findings are robust and statistically sound and published by very astute and qualified investigators
✏️But they must be extended scientifically in cohorts that include a high number of younger women, people of color and lower SEC as well as newer COVID variants.
First, these are US Military Veterans
✏️Thus, older and more white than the average #LongCOVID person
✏️They also do NOT help us with Delta and Omicron variant COVID
✏️These findings are robust and statistically sound and published by very astute and qualified investigators
✏️But they must be extended scientifically in cohorts that include a high number of younger women, people of color and lower SEC as well as newer COVID variants.
4/ DATA:
The organ dysfunction people are suffering is a broad palette of disease including the brain, heart, lungs, peripheral muscle and nerves, GI, kidneys, skin, blood flow (clots), and mental health as well.
H/T @EricTopol GroundTruths recap:
bit.ly/3qCJoF4
The organ dysfunction people are suffering is a broad palette of disease including the brain, heart, lungs, peripheral muscle and nerves, GI, kidneys, skin, blood flow (clots), and mental health as well.
H/T @EricTopol GroundTruths recap:
bit.ly/3qCJoF4
5/ Prior hospitalization ⬆️ risk of death to 6 months but not beyond (both JAMA & Nature Med studies found this)
Such patients often have COMBINATION of #PICS & #LongCOVID, which is not commonly mentioned but very important
I unpack some of this in 🧵👇
Such patients often have COMBINATION of #PICS & #LongCOVID, which is not commonly mentioned but very important
I unpack some of this in 🧵👇
https://twitter.com/weselymd/status/1626208509670080514
6/ TAKE HOME: Believe your family, loved ones, friends when they tell you they are suffering. This is a very real disease state that is a global public health problem. As a society, we must address these physical, cognitive, and mental health problems head on and find people medical solutions and disability support.
Links:
Nature Med -
JAMA:
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Nature Med -
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