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Overweight women are more likely to experience symptoms of long <keyword id="8764262" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="covid" source="Orion">Covid</keyword>, according to a new research. The study from the University of East Anglia (UEA) shows that having a higher <keyword id="577165" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="body-mass" source="Orion">Body Mass</keyword> Index (BMI) is linked with the condition, and that women are more likely to experience long Covid than men. It is one of the largest studies on long Covid in the UK, the study said. The research, published in PLOS Global Public Health, also shows that people with long Covid were much more likely to need additional, and often lasting, care at the National Health System (NHS) than those who make a swift recovery. "Long Covid is a complex condition that develops during or after having Covid, and it is classified as such when symptoms continue for more than 12 weeks," said Professor <keyword id="15668264" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="vassilios-vassiliou" source="Orion">Vassilios Vassiliou</keyword>, from UEA's Norwich Medical School. "Just over two million people in the UK are thought to suffer with long Covid and it affects people in different ways. Breathlessness, a cough, heart palpitations, headaches, and severe fatigue are among the most prevalent symptoms," said <keyword id="5359211" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="vassiliou" source="Orion">Vassiliou</keyword>. "Other symptoms may include chest pain or tightness, brain fog, insomnia, dizziness, joint pain, depression and anxiety, tinnitus, loss of appetite, headaches, and changes to sense of smell or taste," said Vassiliou. "We wanted to find out what factors might make people more or less susceptible to developing long Covid," said Vassiliou. The research team surveyed patients in Norfolk, UK, who had received a positive Covid PCR test result in 2020. A total of 1,487 people took part in an online survey which covered long-Covid symptoms such as breathlessness, chest pain, fatigue, memory problems, and anxiety. They found that more than half of the participants (774) were experiencing at least one long Covid symptom, showing a high self-reported prevalence. Next, they looked to see what factors might make people more or less likely to suffer the condition by looking at the participants' medical records. Factors including BMI, sex, medication use, other health conditions, and whether they lived in a deprived area were taken into account. "We show that more than a half of the survey respondents who tested positive for Covid in the East of England during the first year of the pandemic went on to report long Covid symptoms," said Vassiliou. "All of these people were infected in the months before the Covid vaccination programme was rolled out and they suffered from numerous new symptoms that were not present before their Covid infection," said Vassiliou. "Interestingly, we found that more women than men had long Covid symptoms. We also found that having a higher BMI was linked with long Covid." "This is really important because information like this can be used to profile those people who are 'at risk' of developing long Covid," said Vassiliou. "We also found that people with long Covid were over three times more likely to use healthcare services than those who didn't display long Covid symptoms," said Vassiliou. "We hope that our work will help policymakers plan local services and also inform the wider public of the scale of the long Covid pandemic," said Vassiliou. "When COVID-19 struck it was new to everyone. All clinicians and the wider health and care system worked extremely hard together to deal with the impacts of the virus and protect our people and communities," said Dr. <keyword id="15668263" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="mark-lim" source="Orion">Mark Lim</keyword>, interim service director of the Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/indias-mfg-pmi-hits-3-month-high-in-nov-amid-expansion-in-production-slowdown-in-inflation-sp/articleshow/95905921.cms">India's mfg PMI hits 3-month high in Nov amid expansion in production, slowdown in inflation: S&amp;P</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/wipro-infrastructure-engineering-acquires-pune-based-linecraft-ai-for-an-undisclosed-sum/articleshow/95905792.cms">Wipro Infrastructure Engineering acquires Pune-based Linecraft.ai for an undisclosed sum</a>

Long Covid linked with increased body weight : Study

Being vaccinated against <keyword id="8764262" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="covid" source="Orion">Covid</keyword> halves people's risk of developing long Covid, according to new research conducted on more than 860,000 patients. The findings showed that overweight people, women, smokers and those over the age of 40 are also more likely to suffer from long Covid. In addition, people with comorbidities such as asthma, COPD, Type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, immunosuppression, anxiety and depression are also associated with increased risk of long Covid. And patients who are hospitalised during their acute Covid infection are also more likely to experience long Covid. "Conversely, it was reassuring to see that people who had been vaccinated had significantly less risk - almost half the risk - of developing long Covid compared to unvaccinated participants," said Prof Vassilios <keyword id="5359211" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="vassiliou" source="Orion">Vassiliou</keyword>, from the <keyword id="107768" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="university-of-east-anglia" source="Orion">University of East Anglia</keyword>. The findings, published in the journal JAMA <keyword id="329004" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="internal-medicine" source="Orion">Internal Medicine</keyword>, are based on data from 41 studies around the world, involving a total of 860,783 patients. "Long Covid is a complex condition that develops during or after having Covid, and it is classified as such when symptoms continue for more than 12 weeks," Vassiliou said. "Long Covid affects people in different ways. Breathlessness, a cough, heart palpitations, headaches, and severe fatigue are among the most prevalent symptoms. "Other symptoms may include chest pain or tightness, brain fog, insomnia, dizziness, joint pain, depression and anxiety, tinnitus, loss of appetite, headaches, and changes to sense of smell or taste," Vassiliou said. The study will help define the full demographic characteristics and the risk factors for developing long Covid. Furthermore, the findings will help authorities develop a better strategy for optimising any modifiable risk factors, with public health promotion campaigns, encouraging smoking cessation, <keyword id="54639" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Vaccination" source="Orion">vaccination</keyword> and healthy weight management in the target population, the researchers said. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/news/back-to-the-moon-space-lawyer-planetary-scientist-tells-us-what-it-takes-to-share-the-benefits-of-lunar-exploration/articleshow/98962098.cms">Back to the Moon: Space lawyer &amp; planetary scientist tells us what it takes to share the benefits of lunar exploration</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/heres-how-to-use-bings-free-image-creator-to-generate-ai-images-for-free/articleshow/98962062.cms">Here’s how to use Bing’s free Image Creator to generate AI images for free</a>

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