As Eldre Beukes, PhD, the study’s author and a research fellow at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, England, and Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, said in a statement, “The findings of this study highlight the complexities associated with experiencing tinnitus and how both internal factors, such as increased anxiety and feelings of loneliness, and external factors, such as changes to daily routines, can have a significant effect on the condition.”
Therefore, tinnitus is definitely not a very pleasant COVID-19 side-effect, but there are other long-lasting symptoms that might be just as troubling. COVID-19 might have lingering side effects even in people who had mild symptoms during the infection or were asymptomatic.
What’s even more concerning is that there are no clear signs indicating why certain individuals experience persistent symptoms long after testing positive for the infection.
A new study published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society examined people who had COVID-19 a few months after the infection. 60 percent of study participants reported not having returned to full health even two or three months after contracting the virus.
The researchers did chest X-rays, CT scans, or other tests to see what could have caused the long-COVID symptoms, however, most tests came back negative. Only 4 percent of study participants had signs of lung scarring on CT scans.
Read on to discover other long COVID symptoms that might stay with you for a while!
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