Post-COVID-19 Illness Trend in a Local Community in Bangladesh

• Published in: Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) Vol. 15; no. 9; p. e45998
• Main Authors: Hossain, Md Fahad, Aziz, Syed Nurul, Akter, Mahfuza, Kharel, Manish, Mandal, Nitesh, Yadav, Indresh, Mandal, Anjali, Rajbanshi, Roshan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Palo Alto Springer Nature B.V 26.09.2023; Cureus
• Subjects: Age; Asymptomatic; Cardiac arrhythmia; COVID-19; Cytotoxicity; Diabetes; Diarrhea; Disease transmission; Dyspnea; Epidemiology; Fever; Geriatrics; Headaches; Illnesses; Infections; Infectious Disease; Internal Medicine; Lymphocytes; Neutrophils; Patients; Questionnaires; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Bangladesh
• ISSN: 2168-8184; 2168-8184
• DOI: 10.7759/cureus.45998

Background: An infection with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) might show a wide range of symptoms. Many individuals still experience symptoms after a prolonged period of initial COVID-19.Objectives: The objective is to find out the prolonged consequences of COVID-19 with their associations.Materials and method: Two hundred and eighty-six COVID-19 cases were the subject of this cross-sectional investigation, which was carried out in basic and secondary healthcare facilities in Bangladesh. COVID-19-positive participants with consent were interviewed in person about their sociodemographic traits, the nature of their COVID-19 infection, risk factors, present manifestations, etc. We carried out our statistical exploration by use of IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 22 (Released 2013; IBM Corp., Armonk, New York, United States). To evaluate differences, we utilized the chi-square (χ2) test as well as the unpaired t-test. Our significance threshold level was 0.05.Result: In this study, 18.5% of participants reported having post-COVID-19 symptoms. The four main symptom categories were anorexia (26.4%), myalgia (34.8%), fatigue (41.5%), and palpitations (25.5%). The majority of post-COVID-19 syndrome patients (e.g., 40.0%) were over 50 years old. Severe disease (81.8%) was more likely to develop post-COVID-19 illness.Conclusion: Fifty-three out of 286 participants (or 18.5%) reported having post-COVID-19 symptoms. The main symptom categories included fatigue, myalgia, anorexia, and palpitations. In order to determine the risk variables our data supports, additional investigation is required.