Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/SzAM8kZeT2Y   Women, younger people, and thinner individuals are the most likely to develop long CoVid.  Researchers at Japan’s National Center for Global Health and Medicine surveyed 457 individuals following their CoVid infections.   Those with CoVid symptoms at 6 months represented 26.3% of the total and at 12 months 8.8%.   The most common persisting symptoms at 6 months were smell loss, fatigue, cough and shortness of breath, and taste loss.  At 12 months, the common persisting symptoms were fatigue, shortness of breath, cough, smell loss, and taste loss.  The common late onset symptoms were memory disturbances, concentration loss, depression, and hair loss.   Compared with men, women were 3 times more likely to have hair loss, twice as likely to suffer chronic fatigue, 1.9 times more likely to have loss of smell, and 1.6 times more likely to lose their sense of taste.  Those younger and lighter patients were at increased risk for smell and taste disorders.   https://www.medr