Long Covid appears to have contributed to many more long-term side-effects, according to recently published research. They range from depression and hair loss to bowel problems and even organ damage, all occurring since catching Coronavirus during the pandemic.
The study, conducted at Washington University in St Louis in the US, found that long-term effects included gastrointestinal issues such as diarrhoea and constipation. Other symptoms, such as chronic acid reflux, bloating, and stomach pain, stayed with Covid sufferers for up to a year after they first had the infection.
Scientists based their research on the medical records of nearly 12 million people, 154,000 of whom caught Covid between March 2020 and January 2021. The records were matched against around 6 million people who did not catch Coronavirus in the same time-span, and against the records of a similar number of people before the pandemic.
