He also listed cardiopulmonary symptoms – chest pain, difficulty breathing and pain when breathing, musculoskeletal symptoms – muscle aches and general symptoms – heavy arms or legs and general tiredness – as more severe.
A lump in the throat was also found to be more common in women than in men.
“Furthermore, although sex differences are known to be present in persistent somatic symptoms of COVID-19, this is the first study to our knowledge to stratify symptom dynamics by sex both before and after COVID-19.” , he says
“Multiple somatic symptoms, for example, feeling alternately hot and cold, lump in the throat, and general tiredness, were shown to be more severe after COVID-19 in women than in men, compared to controls.”