October 26, 2022 – People who had a light case of COVID-19 throughout the first 12 months of the pandemic were almost 3 times more more likely to develop blood clots, in line with a recent British study.
Mild COVID means the patient was not hospitalized.
It brought with it a 2.7 times higher risk of blood clots, in line with the study in Heart says. These patients were ten times more more likely to die than individuals who had no COVID in any respect.
The situation was even worse for hospitalized patients: they were almost 28 times more more likely to develop blood clots, the study says.
In addition, the danger of heart failure was almost 22 times higher and the danger of stroke was 17.5 times higher.
Hospitalized COVID-19 patients were greater than 100 times more more likely to die than individuals who didn't have COVID-19.
According to the researchers, the danger of heart problems is highest in the primary 30 days after infection.
CNBC reported on the study, saying that 18,000 individuals who contracted the disease in the primary 12 months of the pandemic were followed. They were compared with 34,000 individuals who didn't contract the disease. The study resulted in March 2021 and was largely conducted before vaccinations began within the UK in December 2020.
“Our findings underscore the increased cardiovascular risk of individuals with previous infection, which is likely to be higher in countries with limited access to vaccines and thus higher population exposure to COVID-19,” the study authors write.