Large-scale study The Lancet describes the most common complications of COVID-19

During the study, the authors observed the condition of 70 thousand Britons. The most common complications of the disease

occurs in people over 60 years of age, but they could also affect younger people. 

The most common complications:

  • renal - 24%
  • respiratory - 18%,
  • systemic - 16%,
  • cardiovascular complications - 12%
  • neurological - 4%,
  • gastrointestinal and hepatic - less than one percent.

The most common diagnoses were acute kidney injury, acute respiratory distress syndrome, liver damage, anemia, and cardiac arrhythmia.

The incidence of complications increased with age and arosein 39% of people aged 19 to 49 years, compared with 51% in the age group 50 years and older. Scientists warned that some could face long-term consequences from the infection.

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