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Pattern of Post COVID Fatigue in Elderly Patients
The incidence of Long COVID (LC) increases with age but then drops sharply in over 70-year-olds. The prevailing explanation is that different biases in data collection such as reluctance to report symptoms or attributing them to comorbidities may explain this pattern in this age group. Our local dat...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10448890/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37638148 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/27536351231194561 |
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description | The incidence of Long COVID (LC) increases with age but then drops sharply in over 70-year-olds. The prevailing explanation is that different biases in data collection such as reluctance to report symptoms or attributing them to comorbidities may explain this pattern in this age group. Our local data suggested a similar pattern confirming the rarity of LC symptoms especially fatigue in the over 70s. Our data have also showed a different phenotype of post COVID fatigue which is not commonly associated with post exertional symptoms bringing into question the suggestion that bias in collecting data is the main cause. We explore several immunological, metabolic and epigenetic factors associated with aging that may explain such phenomenon. |
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spelling | pubmed-104488902023-08-25 Pattern of Post COVID Fatigue in Elderly Patients Gaber, Tarek A Adv Rehabil Sci Pract Long COVID: Mechanisms, Treatments and Outcomes The incidence of Long COVID (LC) increases with age but then drops sharply in over 70-year-olds. The prevailing explanation is that different biases in data collection such as reluctance to report symptoms or attributing them to comorbidities may explain this pattern in this age group. Our local data suggested a similar pattern confirming the rarity of LC symptoms especially fatigue in the over 70s. Our data have also showed a different phenotype of post COVID fatigue which is not commonly associated with post exertional symptoms bringing into question the suggestion that bias in collecting data is the main cause. We explore several immunological, metabolic and epigenetic factors associated with aging that may explain such phenomenon. SAGE Publications 2023-08-23 /pmc/articles/PMC10448890/ /pubmed/37638148 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/27536351231194561 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Long COVID: Mechanisms, Treatments and Outcomes Gaber, Tarek A Pattern of Post COVID Fatigue in Elderly Patients |
title | Pattern of Post COVID Fatigue in Elderly Patients |
title_full | Pattern of Post COVID Fatigue in Elderly Patients |
title_fullStr | Pattern of Post COVID Fatigue in Elderly Patients |
title_full_unstemmed | Pattern of Post COVID Fatigue in Elderly Patients |
title_short | Pattern of Post COVID Fatigue in Elderly Patients |
title_sort | pattern of post covid fatigue in elderly patients |
topic | Long COVID: Mechanisms, Treatments and Outcomes |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10448890/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37638148 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/27536351231194561 |
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