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Severe Post-COVID Complications: Blood Clotting To Heart Attack Rising Among Recovered Coronavirus Patients

A recent study has revealed that post-COVID complications such as blood clotting, depression and heart diseases are on the rise among recovered patients. Read to know why!

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Written By: Satata Karmakar | Updated: October 19, 2021, 12:12 PM

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Beware! COVID Is Not Just A Respiratory Disease

It’s been more than 1 year now that the world is in the grip of the deadly coronavirus, one of the highly transmissible and contagious diseases which has swept the world, leaving billions affected. The virus which is mostly known to attack the respiratory system of a person can also lead to some of the other severe complications, even after recovery.

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Post-COVID Complications Are On The Rise

In a recent report, experts have stated that while some COVID patients can remain asymptomatic, and experience less severity of the symptoms, condition even after recovery. These are called a post-COVID syndrome. Some of these are — Blood clot formation, chest pain, heart attack, cardiac arrest, and heart failure, etc.  Also Read - How regular exercise may help your body fight cancer: Scientists uncover powerful muscle link

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How Long Does It Take For An Individual To Recover Completely?

The virus is unpredictable and may affect each individual differently, depending on the body’s immunity power. According to a 2020 survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), people may take weeks to recover from COVID-19 symptoms and return to their day-to-day activities. However, in a recent report experts warned that some may suffer the symptoms even after 6 months post-recovery.

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Other Post-COVID Complications

Some of the other such post-COVID complications that a recovered patient might suffer from are heart diseases, depression, fatigue, loss of energy, decrease in appetite, etc.