"Covid-19 reinfections may increase the likelihood of new health problems
By Brenda Goodman, CNN
Updated 12:27 PM ET, Tue July 5, 2022"
"(CNN)Repeatedly catching Covid-19 appears to increase the chances that
a person will face new and sometimes lasting health problems after their infection, according to the first study on the health risks of reinfection.
The study, which is based on the health records of more than 5.6 million
people treated in the VA Health System, found that, compared with those
with just one Covid-19 infection, those with two or more documented
infections had more than twice the risk of dying and three times the
risk of being hospitalized within six months of their last infection.
They also had higher risks for lung and heart problems, fatigue,
digestive and kidney disorders, diabetes and neurologic problems.
The findings come as a fresh wave of coronavirus variants, notably
Omicron's BA.5, have become dominant in the United States and Europe,
causing cases and hospitalizations to rise once again. BA.5 caused about
54% of cases nationwide last week, doubling its share of Covid-19
transmission over the past two weeks, according to data posted Tuesday
by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
BA.5 carries key mutations that help it escape antibodies generated by
both vaccines and prior infection, leaving many people vulnerable to reinfection.
Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly, a clinical epidemiologist at Washington University in
St. Louis, led the research, which was posted as a preprint ahead of
peer review. He said he decided to do it after watching reinfections
become more and more common among his own patients.
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https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/05/health/covid-reinfection-risk/index.html
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