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"Many patients recover from COVID within a week or two, but at least one in
five experience persistent or new symptoms more than four weeks after first
being diagnosed.
Long COVID is a growing concern. But we still don’t have a clear definition and
there are insufficient data to provide a trajectory or a timeline for how long
it lingers. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has
proposed a working definition:
Signs and symptoms that develop during or after an infection consistent with
COVID-19 but continue for more than 12 weeks and are not explained by an
alternative diagnosis. It usually presents with clusters of symptoms, often
overlapping, which can fluctuate and change over time and can affect any
system in the body.
Although some symptoms resolve over time, others persist or re-emerge. There
are many individuals with symptoms lasting 12 months or longer.
Downstream damage can affect the brain, heart, lungs, pancreas (causing
diabetes) and other organs. However, we know that vaccination is protective
against long COVID, whether given before or after the initial infection and
illness.
On average, the risk is higher for people with more severe disease, but many
develop long COVID after a mild initial illness. Long COVID is more common in
women than men, but there is no consistent relationship with age. Although the
initial viral illness is more severe for older people, this is not true for
long COVID."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
