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long covid
Sign in to saveAlso known as Post-COVID-19 syndrome, Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection, Post-Acute Sequelae of Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, post-COVID-19 condition, Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19, PASC, Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome, Post-covid syndrome
infection-associated chronic condition that occurs after SARS-CoV-2 infection
OverviewAI-generated
Long COVID, also referred to as Post COVID-19 condition, unspecified, is a medical subject associated with the hashtag "longcovid". It is categorized under "Long COVID" on the Commons platform.
The condition has been the subject of significant academic and clinical research. PubMed lists 45,302 entries for the query "long covid," while ClinicalTrials.gov records 711 related studies. Additionally, the topic is referenced by 1,559 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 8 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, PubMed, ClinicalTrials.gov, Medline, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Other names
- Long-haul COVID, post-COVID-19 syndrome, post-COVID-19 condition, post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC), chronic COVID syndrome
- Symptoms
- Highly varied, including post-exertional malaise (symptoms worsen with effort), fatigue , muscle pain , shortness of breath , chest pain and cognitive dysfunction (" brain fog ")
- Duration
- Weeks to years, possibly lifelong
- Causes
- COVID-19 infection
- Risk factors
- Female sex, age, obesity , asthma , more severe COVID-19 infection
- Frequency
- 50–85% of hospitalised COVID-19 cases, 10–35% of non-hospitalised cases, and 8–12% of vaccinated cases
via Wikipedia infobox
Health references
- ICD-10
- U09.9 — Post COVID-19 condition, unspecified
Research
45,302 papers- Long COVID: a clinical update.Lancet (London, England) · 2024
- Mechanisms of long COVID and the path toward therapeutics.Cell · 2024
- Long COVID and its Management.International journal of biological sciences · 2022
- The neurobiology of long COVID.Neuron · 2022
- Long COVID: An overview.Diabetes & metabolic syndrome · 2021
via PubMed
Clinical Trials
711 registered- PHASE2ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGProbiotic Use for Recovery Enhancement From Long COVID-19Rush University Medical Center · NCT06643299
- NACOMPLETEDTelerehabilitation for Post COVID-19 ConditionUniversité de Sherbrooke · NCT05973136
- RECRUITINGVentilatory and Perfusion Abnormalities in Individuals With Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 InfectionTufts Medical Center · NCT05866952
- ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGLong-term Symptomatic Follow-up of Patients with Long COVID SyndromeHospital del Rio Hortega · NCT06879535
- NAUNKNOWNMultimodal Long Covid19Universidad de Magallanes · NCT05932797
- NAUNKNOWNEffect of Inhaled Hydroxy Gas on Long COVID SymptomsOxford Brookes University · NCT06159296
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Encyclopedic overview
Long COVID or long-haul COVID is a group of health problems persisting or developing after an initial period of COVID‑19 from SARS-CoV-2 infection. Symptoms can last weeks, months, or years and are often debilitating. The World Health Organization defines long COVID as starting three months after the initial disease, but other agencies define it as starting at four weeks after the initial COVID-19.
Long COVID is characterised by a large number of symptoms that sometimes disappear and then reappear. Commonly reported symptoms of long COVID are fatigue, memory problems, shortness of breath, and sleep disorder. Several other symptoms, including headaches, mental health issues, initial loss of smell or taste, muscle weakness, fever, and cognitive dysfunction ("brain fog") may also present. Symptoms often get worse after mental or physical effort, a process called post-exertional malaise (PEM). There is a large overlap in symptoms with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “long covid” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.