Post-COVID syndrome: an emerging global health issue in the aftermath of the SARS-COV-2 pandemic

Faisal Saeed Bhutta; Kanwal Rafiq

doi:10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20232509

Authors

Faisal Saeed Bhutta Extensive Care Tameside General Hospital, Manchester, U. K.
Kanwal Rafiq GP/ Primary Care, Manchester, U. K.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20232509

Keywords:

Post-COVID Syndrome, SARS_COVID19, Immune, Chronic Fatigue

Abstract

SARS-CoV-19 started as acute respiratory tract infection in late 2019 and spread globally. It led to 65 million people affected worldwide and deaths of multimillion across the world. The term “post-COVID conditions” is an umbrella term for the wide range of physical and mental health consequences experienced by some patients that are present four or more weeks after SARS-CoV-2 infection, including by patients who had initial mild or asymptomatic acute infection.

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