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Russians warned about the risk of death in post-COVID syndrome

Immunologist, candidate of medical sciences Nikolai Kryuchkov said that after suffering a coronavirus, even a person who did not have heart problems increases the risk of death due to a heart attack or stroke. It is reported by URA.RU.

“Among post-COVID, which is not all fatal, 25-30% of cases are serious post-COVID. Manifestations that are noticeable to people precisely in terms of life, life expectancy forecasts, I think that at least a third, and maybe more, of the entire post-COVID. And just if they are not treated, then, firstly, the quality of life suffers, and with this, productivity. And, of course, the risks of death, including. We see that for strokes and heart attacks, such risks increase very sharply even in people who had no problems before, ”said the immunologist.

He noted that there have already been cases when people died from the consequences of COVID-19, but they were not included in the statistics of coronavirus deaths.

Earlier it became known that the majority of Russians who recovered from coronavirus experienced manifestations of post-covid syndrome, but 80% of them ignored them and did not seek medical help.

Russians warned about the risk of death in post-COVID syndrome