Talk:Long COVID
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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
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Dr. Nisreen Alwan, BMJ, Sep 2020
Signs and symptoms[edit source | reply | new]
Treatment[edit source | reply | new]
ME/CFS[edit source | reply | new]
Notable articles[edit source | reply | new]
- Aug 11, 2020, Management of post-acute covid-19 in primary care[2] - (Full text)
Letters and blogs[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:
|dead-url=(help) - ↑ Forward-ME (August 27, 2020). "Letter re Covid-19 Management and Exercise Caution" (PDF).
