Long COVID: An overview

By A. V. Raveendran, R. Jayadevan, S. Sashidharan. Diabetes & Metabolic syndrome: clinical Research & Reviews, 2021

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Background and aims Long COVID is the collective term to denote persistence of symptoms in those who have recovered from SARS-CoV-2 infection. Methods WE searched the pubmed and scopus databases for original articles and reviews. Based on the search result, in this review article we are analyzing various aspects of Long COVID. Results Fatigue, cough, chest tightness, breathlessness, palpitations, myalgia and difficulty to focus are symptoms reported in long COVID. It could be related to organ damage, post viral syndrome, post-critical care syndrome and others. Clinical evaluation should focus on identifying the pathophysiology, followed by appropriate remedial measures. In people with symptoms suggestive of long COVID but without known history of previous SARS-CoV-2 infection, serology may help confirm the diagnosis. Conclusions This review will helps the clinicians to manage various aspects of Long COVID.

Subfields: Neurology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/6f7220ff6db285baeea8827a36f0859ad64ef558

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• Multiple early factors anticipate post-acute COVID-19 sequelae (2022, neutral): “SLE is an autoimmune disease that shares certain symptoms with PASC (Raveendran et al., 2021) and has also been reported to manifest following COVID-19 (Zamani et al.”