People with five or more symptoms in first week of infection more likely to develop long COVID

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The presence of more than five symptoms of COVID-19 in the first week of infection is significantly associated with the development of long COVID, irrespective of age or gender, according to a new University of Birmingham-led review.

 

https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2021/07/long-covid-symptoms-develop-infection.aspx

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Alternative theory to explain the findings ......

 

People who report more symptoms while they have COVID tend to have hypochondriac tendencies, so continue to report ongoing symptoms even after full recovery.