COVID disturbed sleep patterns found leading to breathlessness post-infection

Study: COVID disturbed sleep patterns, leading to breathlessness post-infection CIDRAP

New research published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine and presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) suggests the altered sleep patterns in British residents hospitalized with COVID-19 likely contributed to developing breathlessness, or dyspnea following recovery from the initial illness.

This is the first known study linking breathlessness and sleep disturbances, two common symptoms noted during and following COVID-19 infection. The study took place across 38 UK health centers and was led by researchers from the University of Manchester and Leicester, as part of the larger post-hospitalization COVID-19 study (PHOSP-COVID).

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