Thousands of arthritis cases 'were missed during Covid'

Thousands of arthritis cases 'were missed during Covid' Thousands of cases of arthritis were missed during Covid, according to another study laying bare the knock-on effects of the pandemic. 

Researchers said 'there is likely to be a substantial burden of undiagnosed patients' as they did not see a rebound in diagnoses after restrictions were lifted.

It means many patients who might have the disease have not been seen by their GP or been reviewed by a hospital specialist, with cases not having jumped up above pre-2020 levels until April this year, they said. The Daily Mail

See also:

• Incidence and management of inflammatory arthritis in England before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a population-level cohort study using OpenSAFELY (open access) The Lancet Rheumatology
• The impact of COVID-19 on care of early inflammatory arthritis in the UK (open access) The Lancet Rheumatology