After analyzing large-scale medical data of people infected with the new coronavirus, a group at Oxford University in the United Kingdom estimated that more than 30% were diagnosed with mental and neurological diseases such as anxiety disorders within half a year. Announced.
It was published in an international medical journal by a group at Oxford University in the United Kingdom.
According to the detailed analysis of medical data of more than 236,000 people infected with the new coronavirus in the United States and other countries, it was diagnosed as a mental or neurological disease such as anxiety disorder or stroke within half a year after the diagnosis of the new coronavirus. It turns out that the number of people who have been diagnosed is estimated to be about 34%.
The rate of being diagnosed with such mental and neurological diseases is higher than that of influenza, and it is considered to be a sequela of the new coronavirus.
Many of the diagnosed illnesses were anxiety and mood disorders, as well as insomnia and stroke.
In addition, the proportion of people who became more severe with the new coronavirus tended to increase.
In the paper, the group states, "Even people with mild symptoms of the new coronavirus may be diagnosed with mental or neurological diseases afterwards. Further research is needed, such as identifying the onset mechanism."