Illustration depicting a Swedish woman in a clinic with medical charts and data graph, representing the link between pre-pandemic frequent healthcare visits and higher post-COVID risk in women.
Illustration depicting a Swedish woman in a clinic with medical charts and data graph, representing the link between pre-pandemic frequent healthcare visits and higher post-COVID risk in women.
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Sykdom før pandemien er vanlig blant dem med postcovid

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Kvinner som oppsøkte helsevesenet ofte før pandemien, hadde en mye høyere risiko for å få postcovid. En ny studie fra Sahlgrenska akademin har undersøkt 200 000 svenske kvinners besøk i primærhelsetjenesten.

Forskere ved Sahlgrenska akademin gikk gjennom 200 000 svenske kvinners besøk i primærhelsetjenesten året før pandemien. Vanlige symptomer var svimmelhet, tretthet og smerter, uten at helsepersonell hadde stilt en spesifikk diagnose. Studien fant en klar sammenheng: Jo flere besøk en kvinne hadde før pandemien, desto større var sannsynligheten for at hun senere fikk diagnosen postcovid eller utmattelsessyndrom. For dem med mer enn åtte besøk var sannsynligheten fem ganger større. Agnes af Geijerstam, lege ved Sahlgrenska akademin, understreker at dette er reelle fysiske symptomer. Det handler ikke om mennesker som oppsøker helsestasjonen unødvendig, men om mennesker med reelle kroppslige symptomer. De kan ha en underliggende følsomhet, sier hun. Hun understreker at det er vanskelig å diagnostisere langvarige viruseffekter som postcovid, ettersom symptomene er vanlige og kan tyde på hva som helst. Dagens diagnosekriterier er for brede, og omfatter mange pasienter som ikke er relatert til postcovid, sier hun. "I mange av disse tilfellene dreide det seg om personer som fortsatt hadde symptomer etter at primærhelsetjenesten hadde uttømt alle metoder. Spørsmålet er da hvilke ressurser de skal sette inn for å løse problemet. Studien utfordrer synet på postcovid utelukkende som en direkte konsekvens av covid-19. Agnes af Geijerstam påpeker at tidligere dårlig helse kan påvirke diagnostiseringen, og at pandemien kan ha fungert som en utløsende faktor for mange kvinner. Forskningen ble publisert i Journal of Primary Health Care.

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