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'''Long | '''Long COVID''' or '''post-acute COVID-19''' a term used to describe a group of long term health problems that are found in a significant minority of people who were infected with the [[coronavirus disease 19]] and remain ill after a number of weeks or months.<ref name=Navabi2020>{{Cite journal|title=Long covid: How to define it and how to manage it|last=Nabavi|first=Nikki|url=https://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m3489|date=Sep 7, 2020|journal=BMJ|volume=370|pages=bmj.m3489}}</ref><ref name=BMJ11Aug2020 /><ref name="long-haulers-redefining">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/08/long-haulers-covid-19-recognition-support-groups-symptoms/615382/|title=Long-Haulers Are Redefining COVID-19|last=Yong|first=Ed|date=Aug 19, 2020|work=The Atlantic|access-date=2020-08-21|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|issn=1072-7825|quote=|author-link=}}</ref> | ||
Long covid appears to be a multisystem disease, and may occur after antly severity of COVID-19, including after relatively mild cases.<ref name=BMJ11Aug2020 /> | Long covid appears to be a multisystem disease, and may occur after antly severity of COVID-19, including after relatively mild cases.<ref name=BMJ11Aug2020 /> |
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Long COVID or post-acute COVID-19 a term used to describe a group of long term health problems that are found in a significant minority of people who were infected with the coronavirus disease 19 and remain ill after a number of weeks or months.[1][2][3]
Long covid appears to be a multisystem disease, and may occur after antly severity of COVID-19, including after relatively mild cases.[2]
Long-haulers[edit source | reply | new]
A "long-hauler" is someone who became ill with confirmed or suspected coronavirus disease 19, who has not recovered many weeks or months later after first becoming ill.[3]
Symptoms[edit source | reply | new]
- Profound (very severe) fatigue
- Cough
- Breathlessness
- Muscle pain and body aches
- Heavy chest or a feeling of pressure on the chest
Other reported symptoms include:
- Skin rashes
- Heart palpitations
- Fever
- Headache
- Diarrhea
- The sensation of pins and needles[1]
“A very common feature is the relapsing, remitting nature of the illness, where you feel as though you’ve recovered, then it hits you back
Signs and symptoms[edit source | reply | new]
Treatment[edit source | reply | new]
ME/CFS patient groups have raised concerns about the use of graded exercise therapy (GET) in patients with long covid.[4] Graded exercise therapy, which is sometimes incorrectly referred to as activity management involves patients initially reducing their activity levels to a level that prevents regular crashes, and then typically increasing activity by 10% each week regardless of any increased symptoms or worsening illness. Patients are told to ignore deterioration or increased symptoms and "push through" them. Surveys of ME/CFS patients have consistently shown that large numbers of patients deteriorate as a result of graded exercise therapy, and a significant number become severely ill.
ME/CFS[edit source | reply | new]
Patient surveys[edit source | reply | new]
Not peer reviewed
- Jul 2020, COVID-19 “Long Hauler” Symptoms Survey Report[5] - with Survivor Corps
- Data collected: Jul 25 2020. Respondents: 1,567+
Notable studies[edit source | reply | new]
- Aug 14, 2020 (pre-print), Patient outcomes after hospitalisation with COVID-19 and implications for follow-up; results from a prospective UK cohort[6] - (Full text) - from the DISCOVER project
- Aug 11, 2020, Management of post-acute covid-19 in primary care[2] - (Full text)
Presentations, interviews and videos[edit source | reply | new]
- Aug 2020, Will Covid-19 lead to ME/CFS in some people? - presentation - Dr Anthony Komaroff
- Jul 2020, Message in a Bottle video - LongCovidSOS
Letters and blogs[edit source | reply | new]
- Sep 2020, Understanding Long Covid, A Shortcut to Solving ME/CFS? Simon McGrath
- Jul 2020, Letter re Covid-19 Management and Exercise Caution[4] - Forward-ME
National and international health bodies[edit source | reply | new]
See also[edit source | reply | new]
- List of open letters about long covid
- Post-COVID-19 illness
- Coronavirus disease 19
- Myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome
- Postviral fatigue syndrome
Learn more[edit source | reply | new]
- Definition online
- Infographic: "Long covid" in primary care - BMJ journal
- List of long covid studies (draft) - #MEAction
References[edit source | reply | new]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Management of post-acute covid-19 in primary care". BMJ. 370: m3026. August 11, 2020. doi:10.1136/bmj.m3026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Yong, Ed (August 19, 2020). "Long-Haulers Are Redefining COVID-19". The Atlantic. ISSN 1072-7825. Retrieved August 21, 2020. Cite has empty unknown parameter:
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(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 Forward-ME (August 27, 2020). "Letter re Covid-19 Management and Exercise Caution" (PDF).
- ↑ Lambert, Natalie J; Survivor Corps (July 2020). "COVID-19 "Long Hauler" Symptoms Survey Report" (PDF). Indiana University School of Medicine.
- ↑ Arnold, David T.; Hamilton, Fergus W.; Milne, Alice; Morley, Anna; Viner, Jason; Attwood, Marie; Noel, Alan; Gunning, Samuel; Hatrick, Jessica (August 14, 2020). "Patient outcomes after hospitalisation with COVID-19 and implications for follow-up; results from a prospective UK cohort". medRxiv: 2020.08.12.20173526. doi:10.1101/2020.08.12.20173526.
- ↑ https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m2912