Pattern of Post COVID Fatigue in Elderly Patients

Overview

Journal Adv Rehabil Sci Pract

Publisher Sage Publications

Specialty Rehabilitation Medicine

Date 2023 Aug 28

PMID 37638148

Authors

Tarek A Gaber

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Abstract

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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