Half of patients recovering from COVID-19 reported difficulty sleeping as one of the lingering symptoms in a survey.
Half of patients recovering from COVID-19 reported difficulty sleeping as one of the lingering symptoms in a survey of more than 1,500 people in the Survivor Corp Facebook group (a resource for COVID-19 survivors with over 100,000 members). About 16% reported sleeping more than normal. Members of the group are sometimes called “long-haulers” because they discuss long-term effects of the disease.
Dr. Meir Kryger, a sleep researcher and professor at the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, has seen patients with several types of “really significant” long-hauler symptoms related to sleep. Most survivors were never sick enough with COVID-19 to be hospitalized, but still struggle with long-term psychological and physiological issues.
