Long COVID
Conference Coverage
Thyroid dysfunction may linger a year after severe COVID-19
The implications of the atypical thyroiditis areas, which tend to be asymptomatic, are unclear.
Commentary
I’m a physician battling long COVID. I can assure you it’s real
“I’ve also seen, firsthand, the frustration of navigating diagnosis and treatment. It’s given me a taste of what millions of other patients are...
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First they get long COVID, then they lose their health care
“Millions of people are now impacted by long COVID, and oftentimes along with that comes the inability to work.”
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For many, long COVID’s impacts go on and on, major study says
“This infection has become so common in a community because it’s so mild and spreading so rapidly that we’re seeing more long COVID symptoms than...
From the Journals
63% of long COVID patients are women, study says
The global study also found that about 6% of people with symptomatic infections had long COVID in 2020 and 2021.
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Epidemic of brain fog? Long COVID’s effects worry experts
“We need to be paying attention to this. What we’ve seen is really the tip of the iceberg.”
From the Journals
Previous endemic coronavirus encounters linked with long COVID
Long COVID may be an unusual response to previously encountered non–SARS-CoV-2 coronaviruses, researchers report.
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What we know about long COVID so far
“People with these unexplained symptoms may be misunderstood by their health care providers, which can result in a long time for them to get a...
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People of color bearing brunt of long COVID, doctors say
“We are getting a very skewed population of Caucasian wealthy people who are coming to our clinic.”
From the Journals
Post-COVID fatigue, exercise intolerance signal ME/CFS
Of people with persistent fatigue and exertion intolerance following COVID-19, nearly half met the strictest diagnostic criteria for myalgic...
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How do you live with COVID? One doctor’s personal experience
Early in 2020, Anne Peters, MD, caught COVID-19. The author of Medscape’s “Peters on Diabetes” column was sick in March 2020 before state-mandated...