A new scientific study has found a number of health risks for recurring COVID-19 infection after the initial infection, as repeated infections can cause new and sometimes ongoing health problems.
Researchers have revealed 7 major risks of recurrence after a study of people who were infected once, in addition to others who were infected more than once, and a third group who were never infected.
The study showed that everyone exposed to a new infection carries a risk of medical complications, such as having to receive treatment in a hospital or staying for a long time before recovery or death.
In addition, the study summarized 7 important points, including the most prominent risks that people may be exposed to, according to what was published by the Boldsky website.
Exposure to health problems
The first point revealed an increase in the number of infectious sub-strains BA.4 and BA.5 of the Omicron variant, which is expected to increase rates of COVID-19 infection again.
While the second point indicated that the recurrence of SARS-CoV-2 infection may have a less severe effect than the initial infection, but each infection presents a new opportunity for the virus to harm the body, which poses a greater likelihood with each infection of exposure to health problems.
As for the third point, the risk of developing medical problems in the first 30 days after infection with Covid-19, such as lung and heart disease, is high.
Infection effect
In most cases, this risk lasts up to six months and increases with each subsequent injury. Although reinfection may be milder, it can still be a risk.
In parallel, point 4 revealed that doctors were unable to be sure of how the infection affects the body, while the immune system is aware of the virus and can deal with it better the second or third time after a previous infection or vaccination, as it can reduce the severity of the condition. covid infection.
While the fifth point made it clear that the first infection of Covid-19 causes weakening of the immune system and one or more organs in the patient’s body, causing unnoticeable problems at first, the subsequent infection may lead to more damage to those organs, leading to the appearance of symptoms of damage clearly.
Meanwhile, point 6 revealed that the risk of re-infection with COVID-19 is seven times greater when omicron variants are prevalent, than it was when the delta variant was the dominant strain.
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Older patients
The last point concluded that older patients tended to have multiple conditions.
Recurring infection is not likely to increase the health risk for a healthy 18-year-old, as opposed to an older individual with potentially underlying health problems.
Also, patients who had to seek medical care when their infection recurred were more likely to develop symptoms than those who did not seek medical care and were not included in the study.