Women may think they have long Covid when they are actually going through the menopause, experts believe. Sarah Knapton, the Telegraph’s Science Editor, has more.
In a recent survey of long Covid sufferers, led by the University of Southampton, the average age of people replying was 46.5 while 82.5% were women.
Symptoms of the condition are vague and overlap considerably with those experienced by women during perimenopause and menopause, such as fatigue, muscle aches, brain fog and difficult sleeping.
Dr. Louise Newson, the founder of Newson Health Research and Education, said: “There is no diagnostic test for long Covid and the symptoms are often very similar to menopause, brain fogs, reduce stamina, tiredness and joint pains.
“Many women who complain of Long Covid are in their mid- to late-40s, so it seems common sense to look at the obvious things first, like whether they are actually experiencing menopause.
“I am not saying that long Covid isn’t a thing, but women should be screened and treated with hormone replacement therapy. I’d be very happy to be proved wrong if none of them feel better after HRT. But at the moment, nobody is looking at this is a possibility.”
According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), about 2.1 million people are suffering symptoms of long Covid in Britain – roughly 3.3% of the population.
Symptoms included in the ONS surveys are fever, headache, muscle ache, weakness/tiredness, nausea/vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, sore throat, cough, shortness of breath, loss of taste and loss of smell. They must be present at least four weeks after a Covid infection.
However, the ONS pointed out that such conditions are experienced regularly within the general population. It found that the prevalence of self-reported long Covid was greatest in females, and people aged 35 to 69.
Figures released in December show that 1,265,000 women were suffering long Covid symptoms in Britain, compared with 916,000 men – equating to about 38% more women than men.
The largest global study to date on long Covid – by Johnson & Johnson, which analysed research on 1.3 million people – found that women are 22% more likely than men to report ongoing symptoms, with the chance increasing with age.
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Which sort of women is she talking about?. Just looking for clarification.
You mean, do they have wombs?
Interesting. The partner of a friend of mine had Covid, as did my friend. She subsequently suffered from a number of complaints, including loss of appetite, insomnia, weight loss and depression, these are the ones he told me about. And was taking several medications, several of which had to be changed because she had a reaction of some kind. And she was seen by several different NHS doctors. The diagnosis was long covid. She was put on long term sick leave and was on the point of losing her job, a well paid mid level managerial role with a decent salary. Eventually she saw a different doctor, who happened to be female, who diagnosed menopause and stopped all the medications, putting her on HRT. Within a very short time things got back to normal.
‘And she was seen by several different NHS doctors.’
Blimey! Most people can’t get to see one.
Look at these graphs/numbers then remember these reports represent only 1% of the reality ( so the experts say ). I assume the large drop in 2022, when compared to 2021, is due to less and less people getting jabbed with each injection that comes on the market, plus a data lag would account for some decrease I presume.
Evidence of democide and mass murder right there;
https://openvaers.com/covid-data
Do they know it’s genocide at all?
Oh stop it! Don’t encourage this eternal CoVid nonsense.
It’s Post Viral Syndrome – a well known sequela following many common infections including coronavirus (Colds) and Influenza. Nobody suffers from Long Cold or Long Influenza.
It gained notoriety years back as Yuppy ‘Flu.
And how many of these women had been ‘vaccinated’… maybe they have Long mRNA.
Indeed, Long Jab Injury and Long Lockdown are far worse than Long Covid. The latter of which is generally within the envelope of Long Flu or Long Cold.
Score one for Occam’s Razor!
I have a new name” To infinity and beyond ” Covid. It’s a hoax and a gift to lazy people.
How many of these women are vaccinated? The vaccines may have done for their ovaries and ushered in menopause.
I wonder what is going to be more profitable for Pharma? Long covid treatments or HRT treatments? HRT is already a cash cow as you can potentially put half the population on it for quite a while – media has been very keen to promote menopause and all those poor women undergoing it needing to be medicated for years.