One in five Covid survivors experienced hair loss, cohort study finds
One in five people hospitalised with COVID-19 experienced hair loss within six months of first being infected with the virus, a cohort study of patients found.
A team of Chinese experts looking into the long-term health consequences of the disease surveyed patients who had been discharged from Jin Yin-tan Hospital in Wuhan last year.
Of the 1,655 people who took part 359 (22%) reported losing hair.
Fatigue or muscle weakness, difficulty sleeping, smell disorder, anxiety and depression were some of the other most commonly reported symptoms, with a higher percentage of these reported among women.
The long-term consequences of Covid-19 after six months remained "largely unclear", the study concluded.
Source: The Independent, 23 February 2021