Epoch Times - CCP Virus Follow up Study Reveals 76% Suffer Lasting Symptoms | Epoch News | China Insider Aired: 2021-01-15 Duration: 05:41 === 76% Lingering Symptoms (04:41) === [00:00:00] China's medical researchers recently concluded from a follow-up study that 76% of hospitalized COVID-19 patients still have lingering symptoms such as fatigue, muscle weakness, sleep difficulties, anxiety and depression six months after contracting the disease. [00:00:18] The clinical research was published in medical journal The Lancet on January 9th. [00:00:23] A total of 1,733 hospitalized COVID-19 patients discharged from Wuhan's Jinyin Tan Hospital between January 7th and May 29th last year were included in the study. [00:00:36] The average age was 57. [00:00:39] Gender ratio was 52% male and 48% female. [00:00:44] Around 76% of patients reported persistent symptoms. [00:00:48] The most common lasting problem was fatigue or muscle weakness, reported by 63% of all patients. [00:00:55] Sleep difficulties came next, reported by 26%, around 23% more female than male, reported anxiety or depression. [00:01:04] The researchers also believe that recovered patients risk being infected again. [00:01:09] Wuhan resident Ms. [00:01:10] Zhang and her husband both contracted the CCP virus in February last year. [00:01:15] Zhang told the Epoch Times that she's still experiencing various symptoms as of today, including chest tightness, muscle aches, and insomnia. [00:01:28] We are getting old and we don't do much physical activity. [00:01:32] I have trouble sleeping and I have to take sleeping pills. [00:01:35] As for my husband, he has antibodies, as shown on the medical report when he was discharged from the hospital. [00:01:41] I don't have antibodies. [00:01:43] Actually, when I was admitted to the hospital, my test result was negative. [00:01:47] I had symptoms of high fever and bad cough. [00:01:51] My child said it must be lung problems, and he sent me to the hospital. [00:01:56] Ms Jang's husband is a confirmed COVID-19 patient. [00:01:59] He had a fever but had to wait over 10 days to get a hospital bed. [00:02:03] He's still suffering from muscle aches and memory deterioration. [00:02:08] Sean Lynn, a virology expert in Washington, D.C., pointed out that because the most prominent symptoms of COVID-19 are respiratory symptoms, most consider it a respiratory disease. [00:02:20] However, he is not surprised at all that a variety of symptoms were reported by patients. [00:02:28] Receptors and auxiliary receptors for this virus are present in different organs and tissues. [00:02:35] As a result, the novel coronavirus is capable of infecting several different organs. [00:02:40] For instance, some patients have kidney and liver damages. [00:02:43] There are also cases of heart problems. [00:02:46] There are people who died from multiple organ failures. [00:02:49] All these situations exist in real life. [00:02:52] An article published by the BBC in July last year entitled How COVID-19 Can Damage the Brain revealed that more than 300 studies from around the world have found a prevalence of neurological abnormalities in COVID-19 patients, including mild symptoms like headaches, loss of smell and tingling sensations, up to more severe outcomes such as aphasia, the inability to speak, strokes and seizures. [00:03:20] In addition, the disease can wreak havoc on the kidneys, liver, heart, and just about every organ system in the body. [00:03:27] The BBC report cited Julie Helms, M.D. and Ph.D., from Strasbourg University Hospital in France, who reported widespread neurological symptoms among COVID-19 patients admitted to the intensive care unit on top of breathing difficulties. [00:03:45] They were extremely agitated and many had neurological problems, mainly confusion and delirium, Helms said, adding that some patients were very young in their thirties and forties, even an eighteen-year-old. [00:03:58] This was completely abnormal. [00:04:00] It has been very scary, she said. [00:04:03] In November 2020, scientists at the University of Oxford conducted a study on a large number of COVID-19 survivors in the United States by analysing their clinical data. [00:04:15] They found that one in five patients developed mental illness within three months. [00:04:20] These patients had a first-time diagnosis of anxiety, depression, or insomnia, and the ratio of 1 in 5 was about twice as likely as for other groups of patients in the same period. === Strong Medicine Needed (01:14) === [00:04:32] Renowned Chinese medicine doctor Hu Neiwen, who lives in Taipei City, Taiwan, analyzed the disease from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine. [00:04:42] Traditional Chinese medicine believes that very strong medicines must be applied to treat this disease. [00:04:53] These medicines should be warm and nourishing in nature. [00:04:56] For instance, if it is the kidney health that needs to be restored for a particular patient, we need a strong medicine to the point that we are directing almost all of his vigor and essence to his kidney to quickly improve the condition of the kidney. [00:05:11] Same goes true for the treatment of heart problems. [00:05:14] We need strong medicine, warm and strong, targeting the heart. [00:05:19] Doctor Who said, most COVID-19 patients are already very weak and need emergent treatment, otherwise the patient will be ruined. [00:05:27] He also pointed out that presently Western medicine does not have an effective cure for the disease. [00:05:33] The CCP virus pandemic has so far caused more than 90 million infections and nearly 2 million deaths worldwide.