Forbes March 29, 2024
A recent study that included over 22 million adult patients from South Korea and Japan revealed that an acute Covid-19 infection could be linked to a higher risk of developing autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases up to one year after getting infected.
This includes conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, Sjögren syndrome, systemic sclerosis, polymyalgia rheumatica, mixed connective tissue disease, dermatomyositis, polymyositis, polyarteritis nodosa, or vasculitis. According to the study’s findings, even vaccinated patients who survived a severe Covid-19 infection could be at a higher risk of suffering from one of these conditions.
The researchers based in Seoul, South Korea, analyzed data from two national population-based cohort studies in Japan and Korea to delve into how Covid-19 impacts longterm risk for...
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