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PARIS, April 7 ― People who have had Covid-19 have an increased risk of developing serious blood clots for up to six months after getting infected, even in mild cases, a study said today. Previous research has indicated that Covid raises the risk of blood clots, but the new study in the BMJ...

PARIS, April 7 ― People who have had Covid-19 have an increased risk of developing serious blood clots for up to six months after getting infected, even in mild cases, a study said today.

To find out, researchers compared data from more than a million people in Sweden's national registries who contracted Covid from February 2020 to May 2021, with a control groups of over four million who did not test positive. There was also an increased danger of deep vein thrombosis ― a blood clot normally in legs ― up to three months after contracting Covid.

People who suffered severe symptoms from Covid those with pre-existing conditions were more at risk, the study found.

 

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