A new study has issued a stark warning that those who have had Covid in last three years are doubles the risk of a heart attack, stroke or death up to three years later. The threat is even more pronounced among individuals with blood types A, B or AB who learned they contracted the virus through free Covid tests compared to those with type O, according to researchers. The scientists scrutinized health and genetic data from over 10,000 adults aged above 50.
This included approximately 8,000 who tested positive for the Covid-19 virus, which saw an influx of people who'd fallen ill with the sickness over the summer , between February 1 and December 31, 2020, and around 2,000 who were diagnosed with the virus in hospital during 2020. New covid variant XEC unexpectedly emerges with severe symptoms- could 'wipe people out worldwide' Long Covid linked with increased risk of chronic neurological diseases says chilling new study For comparison, they also examined a group of over 200,000 adults who had no record of Covid infection during the same period and were participating in the ongoing UK Biobank study. None of the participants had been vaccinated at the time of infection as Covid-19 vaccines were not yet available.
The research revealed that adults who experienced mild to severe Covid were more likely to have suffered a heart attack, stroke or died in the subsequent three years. The heightened risk of heart attack, stroke or death associated with Covid-19 infection was on par wit.
