Studies show that women experience Covid more often than men. (Credit: Getty)

Studies show that women experience Covid much more frequently than men.

It tends to be malaise, ear, nose, and throat problems, nausea, skin problems, digestive problems, and joint pain.

However, researchers have found that men are more likely to develop side effects such as diabetes and kidney damage.

According to the latest statistics from the Office for National Statistics, around 2 million people (3% of the population) in the UK suffer from chronic covid.

That number grows as nearly 400,000 say their daily activities are “very limited” and 376,000 say they’ve had it for more than two years.

“Differences in immune system function between women and men may be an important driver of gender differences in long-term covid syndrome,” the US-based Johnson & Johnson team wrote.

Women have a faster and stronger innate and adaptive immune response that protects them from early and severe infections.

“But the same difference may make women more vulnerable to autoimmune diseases in the long term.”

Using over 1.3 million existing studies, this study is the first to break down gender-specific terminology related to gender.

Their findings show that facts and figures on male and female diseases need to be collected and analyzed separately, the experts said.

How many people have a Covid for a long time?

As already mentioned, 2 million people in the UK have been fighting Covid for a long time.

More than 3% of the population has increased since the middle of last year and is accurate as of May 1.

A digitally generated image of a translucent red COVID-19 cell with a bright blue Omicron mark inside. Covid19 Omicron variant concept.

A digitally generated image of a translucent red Covid-19 cell with a glowing blue omicron mark inside. (Credit: Getty Images)

The figures show that at least 376,000 (19%) of those with self-proclaimed long-term covid have had it for more than two years.

Around 826,000 (42%) were first suspected of being infected at least a year ago, 1.4 million (72%) at least 12 weeks ago and 442,000 (22%) 12 weeks ago.

Fatigue and shortness of breath are the most common symptoms, but the experience is dramatically different.

The ONS defines long-term coronary heart disease as “more than 4 weeks after the first suspicion of infection” in the face of health problems. This cannot be explained in any other way.