Hyderabad: More than 40% of Covid-19 patients suffer from post-covid symptoms, ranging from headaches, body aches and fatigue to far severe problems such as pulmonary fibrosis, heart attack and loss of neurons, revealing health surveys on Monday.
AIG Hospital Authority, which conducted a survey, said that post-covid-19 symptoms appeared more on those infected with Covid-19 on the second wave than those in the first wave.
Of the total patients, 48% of inpatients and 37.6% of those who were not treated at the hospital were said to suffer from post-covid-19 symptoms.
A little more than 2,000 people responded to the online survey conducted by hospitals in post-covid-19 symptoms.
“We saw many post-covid-19 patients in our hospital, but this survey gave us the true picture of this post-covid-19 syndrome.
If this is an indication to go then we see more than 1 crore in India that has recovered From Covid-19 but still experiencing certain symptoms, “said Dr.
D Nageshwar Reddy, Chairman, AIG Hospitals.
He advised patients not to ignore post-covid-19 symptoms and seek medical assistance so that complications can be treated and further development can be stopped.
This hospital also launched the post-covid-19 clinic which was dedicated on Monday.
According to the survey, a total of 992 respondents said they had persistent or new symptoms after recovering from Covid-19.
A total of 1,399 respondents said that they had no post-covid-19 symptoms.
Of the total respondents with post-covid-19 symptoms, 614 said that they had weaknesses / fatigue, 295 had body pain, 246 had digestive problems, 207 headaches, 201 patients reported shortness of breath, 132 patients had chest pain, among various problems , The majority of patients with post-Covid-19 symptoms say that they are not satisfied with the care provided for this complication.
“This is a growing challenge and needs to be handled immediately from all relevant stakeholders.
We keep the eyes close to this situation when it stretches.
It will matter to see what new protocols need to treat patients with post-covid-19 symptoms and are responsible Our cumulative to help in this matter, “said Narsing Rao, the main secretary of the head of Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, added that he would recommend starting post-covid-19 treatment at a government hospital too.
AIG Clinic, mentioned as a special post-covid care clinic, will consist of a multi-disciplinary expert team.