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Study finds 80 per cent of recovered Covid-19 patients in Hong Kong suffer from at least one lingering symptom, with gut bacteria playing critical role
Eighty per cent of recovered Covid-19 patients in Hong Kong continue to experience at least one of the disease’s symptoms six months later and nearly a third report suffering from more than three, researchers have found.The study by a Chinese University team examined the role that imbalances in gut bacteria – or dysbiosis – played in recovery. They had earlier determined the seriousness of the illness correlated with how well or poorly the bacteria was balanced. Given 40 per cent of the local…