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or GJH) predicts a higher risk of getting long COVID, a new study shows, a link that might help us understand more about long COVID and how to treat it.
The data showed that those with GJH had around a 30 percent greater chance of experiencing ongoing symptoms after their last infection."Our study shows, for the first time, that the presence of generalized joint hypermobility is a risk factor for long COVID, and that those with hypermobility are likely to have even greater levels of fatigue,"
While the researchers did account for differences in factors like age and vaccinations in their results, the survey data wasn't comprehensive enough to show cause and effect. There might be another variable increasing the risk of both GJH and long COVID, for example.
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