Mayo Clinic
Anyone who has had COVID-19 may develop continuing symptoms. It does seem to be more common in people who had a more severe course, especially for those who were hospitalized. It may also occur in those who initially had none or minimal symptoms. From our experience, we tend to see post-COVID-19 symptoms more commonly in women, and why this is remains unclear at this time. Find out more information on long term effects of COVID-19 on MayoClinic.org. Our Self-Care section is a great starting point.
Watch the video as Dr. Vanichkachorn talks on CNBC about Post-COVID Syndrome.
Summary of Video
Research is varied
- Study in Italy found 80% of patients were still experiencing symptoms 2 months after
- Study in London found 10% of patients were still experiencing symptoms 1 month after
Long Term Impacts
- Fatigue
- Brain fog
- Shortness of breath, cough
Underlying Causes
- A lot of research trying to uncover
- Doesn’t believe this is an ongoing acute infection
- Current hypotheses include
- alterations in blood flow
- autoimmune state
- increased inflammation for the longer term
Hospitalized patients don’t make up the majority of Post-COVID syndrome patients
- anybody can come down with after their infection
Research
- starting with identifying who patients are and their characteristics
- more research efforts are developing
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