Long COVID: Complications, Underlying Mechanisms, and Treatment Strategies.

ABSTRACT: Long Covid is one of the most prevalent and puzzling conditions that arose with the Covid pandemic. Covid-19 infection generally resolves within several weeks but some experience new or lingering symptoms. Though there is no formal definition for such lingering symptoms the CDC boadly describes long Covid as persons having a wide range of new, recurring or sustained health issues four or more weeks after first being infected with SARS-CoV2. The WHO defines long Covid as the manifestation of symptoms from a "probable or confirmed" Covid-19 infection that start approximately 3 months after the onset of the acute infection and last for more than 2 months. Numerous studies have looked at the implications of long Covid on various organs. Many specific mechanisms have been proposed for su

SUBMITTER: Zadeh FH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10310313 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature