Sixty seconds on . . . long cold

Don’t you mean long covid?No. It looks like ongoing symptoms in the aftermath of an acute respiratory infection (ARI) may not be restricted to covid-19. Researchers have found that some people experience long term symptoms after infections such as colds, influenza, or pneumonia, just as they can after a bout of covid-19.1 But the experience of “brain fog” appears to be restricted to those who have covid.Do I need to stockpile tissues this winter?And other types of soft paper products perhaps, such as toilet paper. The team from Queen Mary University of London reported in eClinical Medicine, published by the Lancet, that some of the most common symptoms of “long cold” included coughing, stomach pain, and diarrhoea more than four weeks after the initial infection.Who took part in the study?The research, which is part of the Covidence UK study, involved over 10 000 UK unvaccinated adults who filled out questionnaires…
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