A new study by American scientists has convincingly proved that after suffering Covid-19, about half of patients suffer from long-term sleep disorders.
They complain of difficulty falling asleep, insomnia, waking up in the middle of the night. In addition, severe fatigue is noted. The effects of covid were studied by researchers at the Cleveland Clinic led by Dr. Cynthia Peña Orbea. The results of the study were presented at the American Sleep Conference 2022 and published in the journal Sleep.
The scientists analyzed the data of 962 people with long-term Covid-19, for the period from February 2021 to April 2022. Almost all patients complained of increased fatigue, half of moderate or severe sleep problems.
Two-thirds of those who recovered from coronavirus (67%) reported moderate fatigue, one in five (22%) reported severe fatigue within weeks and even months after infection. In addition, 8% complained of persistent severe sleep disturbances, and 41% noted moderate sleep disturbances: insomnia, nocturnal awakenings, difficulty falling asleep, poor sleep quality.
The researchers note that these manifestations are most pronounced in obese and overweight people, and in patients who previously suffered from an anxiety disorder. cnn.gr.
As our publication wrote earlier, mild forms of coronavirus are often fraught with serious consequences – they provoke inflammation of the brain. This conclusion was reached by scientists at Tulane University (USA), who conducted a large-scale study on monkeys. According to them, COVID-19 can provoke the appearance of a large number of inflammatory foci and hemorrhages.
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