Four years ago, Chimére L. Sweeney was a healthy 37-year-old working as a middle school teacher in Baltimore. But then Sweeney got COVID-19 in March 2020. In the months that followed, Sweeney developed debilitating headaches, fatigue, spinal pain, dizziness, vision loss, gastrointestinal issu...
Chest pain is a possible sign of COVID-19. Some studies suggest that up to 11% of people feel chest pain while infected with the coronavirus. This number increases to 89% for people with long COVID, which makes it one of the most persistent symptoms that people experience after a COVID...
Long COVID, also referred to as ongoing symptomatic COVID-19 and post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC), is defined as symptoms of COVID-19 that persist for between 4 and 12 weeks or a post-acute syndrome at over 12 weeks after the onset of acute symptoms that cannot be attributed t...
A comprehensive evaluation of the risks and 1-year burdens of gastrointestinal disorders in the post-acute phase of COVID-19 is needed but is not yet available. Here we use the US Department of Veterans Affairs national health care databases to build a cohort of 154,068 people with COVID-...
Some of the mostcommonly reported symptoms of long COVIDinclude extreme fatigue; post-exertional malaise (debilitating fatigue that gets worse after physical or mental activity); brain fog; dizziness; gastrointestinal symptoms; heart palpitations; chronic cough; chest pain; abnormal movements; and loss...
The meaning of LONG COVID is a condition that is marked by the presence of symptoms (such as fatigue, cough, shortness of breath, headache, or brain fog) which persist for an extended period of time (such as weeks or months) following a person's initial
Components of theSARS-CoV-2virusremain in the gut of some long COVID patients, causing persistent inflammation, vagus nerve dysfunction, and neurological symptoms. Patients withlong COVID– the long-term symptoms like brain fog, fatigue, or memory loss in the months or years followingCOVID-19–...
Long COVID syndrome, also known as post-COVID, is more than fatigue and shortness of breath. Symptoms such as headaches, brain fog and ringing in the ears have been reported, and recently, physicians are seeing more patients with gastrointestinal problem
had COVID-19 are at a higher risk of developing gastrointestinal disorders within a year of infection. These disorders include liver problems, acute pancreatitis, irritable bowel syndrome, acid reflux, and ulcers, as well as symptoms like constipation, diarrhea, abdominal pain, bloating, and ...
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has resulted in a serious public health burden worldwide. In addition to respiratory, heart, and gastrointestinal symptoms,