Sarsista selviytyneistä jopa 88% sai pitkäkestoisia oireita

https://www.thestar.com/life/health_wellness/2010/09/02/sars_survivors_…

Vuodelta 2010 juttu hoitajasta, joka sairasti sarsin vuonna 2003. Ei ollut vielä tuolloinkaan vuonna 2010 toipunut ennalleen.

"Patients who were infected but came through the epidemic are learning that severe acute respiratory syndrome can leave lingering physical and psychological effects, which not only dont resolve over time but can actually get worse.

I have not been able to return back to the front line at all, said Gordon, 57, of her 22-year nursing career. Its very difficult because one day youre feeling really well and the next day youre not."

"What surprised the researchers was that patients not only werent getting better as time went on many seemed to be getting significantly worse.

The study found that in 2007, almost 88 per cent of patients were below average for measures of general health, compared with about 49 per cent three years earlier."

"In fact, about 30 per cent of study participants showed distinct signs of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, even four years after contracting SARS."