Long COVID symptoms may ease after vaccine
The COVID-19 vaccine may alleviate the symptoms of people suffering from long COVID, the medical phenomenon where people continue to struggle many months after contracting the disease.
Around 10 percent of people who test positive for COVID-19 end up with ongoing symptoms for up to 12 weeks, with a smaller number facing problems for longer.
But scientists have reported that a significant portion of long COVID patients may find their symptoms reduced after they are vaccinated.
Dr. David Strain, a clinical senior lecturer at the University of Exeter who runs long COVID clinics and serves on the UK taskforce on the condition, said: “We are getting people reporting improvements, and it’s quite widespread, about half of the people we are asking. There is a major reporting bias, though — the people who notice something remarkable are the ones shouting about it.”
