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A recent large study has revealed that 1 in 3 Covid-19 survivors have suffered symptoms 3 to 6 months after being infected.  Symptoms include breathing problems, abdominal symptoms such as abdominal pain, change of bowel habit and diarrhea, fatigue, pain, anxiety, and depression.  The study, completed by the University of Oxford, the National Institute for Health Research, and the Oxford Health Biomedical Research Center studied symptoms in more than 270,000 people recovering from Covid-19 and found that long covid was found more frequently in those who had been hospitalized and slightly more often in women.  However, it also demonstrated that long covid affects a significant portion of people of all ages.  

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