Patients were scheduled for a telephonic interview. A list of post-COVID symptoms was systematically evaluated, but participants were free to report any symptom. Anxiety/depressive levels and sleep quality were evaluated with the hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS) and Pittsburgh sleep ...
Long covid is characterized by a constellation of symptoms which may include breathlessness, fatigue, muscle and joint pain, chest pain, memory loss and impaired concentration (“brain fog”), sleep disturbance, depression, anxiety, palpitations, dizziness, gastrointestinal problems such as diarrhea, s...
And given that Nordvig sees Long Covid personality change as likely being a combination of neurological issues and the mental health impact of long-term stressors, one cause shouldn’t be viewed as more “legitimate” than the other. “The thing is, it’s a false dichotomy, because the mi...
Despite the prevalence of Long COVID, extraordinarily little is known about why symptoms continue to persist long after the infection has been cleared. One of the most common symptoms is severe exhaustion, with chronic fatigue experts warning this can have a debilitating impact on quality of life....
It is easy for physicians to attribute symptoms to anxiety, but this is neither helpful to our patients nor necessarily true. Hard neurologic illnesses, including ischemic strokes and intracranial hemorrhage, have been found to be more common in patients recovered from even mild COVID-19.11 Certai...
long COVID. While recent studies also suggest an interplay between the occurrence of these two conditions, it is not yet fully clear how this may happen, as well as the specifics regarding the possible pathophysiological mechanisms involved. In this connection and with the advent of a potential...
This is highly essential to understand the basics and long-term effects of this condition. 3.4. SARS-CoV-2 and its impact on cardiovascular system In addition to lung injury, COVID-19 patients also have an impact on their cardiovascular systems. The prime most symptom of SARS-CoV-2 ...
Long COVID is defined as those symptoms appearing during or after SARS-CoV-2 infection during far longer than it would be expected [5]. Current evidence suggests that the presence of post-COVID symptoms ranges from 35 to 60% depending on the symptom and the follow-up period [6]; however...
Long COVID is defined as those symptoms appearing during or after SARS-CoV-2 infection during far longer than it would be expected [5]. Current evidence suggests that the presence of post-COVID symptoms ranges from 35 to 60% depending on the symptom and the follow-up period [6]; however...
Many people experience long-term symptoms such as fatigue, cognitive problems, or shortness of breath after an acute infection with COVID-19. This emerging syndrome, known as long COVID, is new and complex in many aspects. This study aims to collect the