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Youngyen Lin

Maranatha High School

Edited on 2022-01-11 10:28 PM

Youngyen Lin

Maranatha High School

Edited on 2022-01-11 10:28 PM

Long COVID: For the 1 in 10 patients who become long-haulers, COVID-19 has lasting effects

Long COVID appears to affect about one in 10 people who have recovered from a COVID-19 infection.

Even as the unpredictable rise and fall of COVID-19 infections continues at home and around the world, a new and ugly pandemic-related problem is emerging.

We know it generically as “long COVID,” though it’s hardly generic, and we still know very little about it, including what it is, who, when or how badly it will strike, how long it might take to recover or whether complete recovery is possible for all.

January 11, 2022 11.21am EST - by Beth Daley

Long COVID, or post-COVID condition, features symptoms that can include trouble breathing, chest pain, brain “fog,” fatigue, loss of smell or taste, nausea, anxiety and depression, among others.

It appears to affect about one in 10 people who have recovered from a COVID-19 infection. In Canada, a conservative estimate is that long COVID has affected 100,000 to 150,000 people so far, although the studies assessing prevalence have serious methodologic flaws.