British Man Having COVID-19 Cured After 411 Days

A 59-year-old patient tested positive for COVID-19 up until January 2022 despite not having any symptoms.

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Few people with compromised immune systems develop persistent COVID-19 infection. It is distinct from long-term or recurrent cases of the illness
A man suffering from persistent COVID-19 for 411 days was treated by British experts

A British man who reportedly had COVID-19 for the World’s longest period- 411 days- has been cured. The patient first tested positive in December 2020. When he tested positive, the patient’s immune system was compromised due to a kidney transplant.

Even though the patient had no symptoms, he continued to test positive for COVID-19 until January 2022.

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‘411 days after initially testing positive for an early strain of COVID-19, a man in England was finally declared clear. ’

Patient Testing COVID-19 Positive for the Longest Time

Doctors at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals in London where he was being treated told that they are not aware of any other documented case of a person being cured after such a long time.

The report also stated that even though the patient had no symptoms, he tested positive for COVID-19 up until January 2022.

According to doctors at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospitals in London, where he was receiving treatment, there has never been a documented instance of a patient being cured after such a lengthy time.

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The 59-year-old guy still possessed an early variation of the original Wuhan strain, the physicians discovered through genetic analysis, according to the study.

“This revealed that the patient’s infection was a persistent infection with an early COVID-19 variant- a variation of the original Wuhan variant that was dominant in the U.K. in the later months of 2020. The analysis found the patient’s virus had multiple mutations since he was first infected,” King’s College said.

Treatment of COVID-19

A combination of neutralizing antibodies proven efficient against early coronavirus strains helped the man recover. The doctors gave him a Regeneron medication that is no longer frequently prescribed because it is ineffective against more recent COVID-19 mutations.

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“Some new variants of the virus are resistant to all the antibody treatments available in the U.K. and Europe. Some people with weakened immune systems are still at risk of severe illness and becoming persistently infected. We are still working to understand the best way to protect and treat them,” Luke Snell, M.D., from the King's College School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences.

A patient with a chronic illness may exhibit symptoms for weeks or more without showing up for testing. It contrasts with long COVID. According to government figures, 3.3% of the population in the UK, or 2.1 million people, suffer from long COVID.

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Source-Medindia