Long-COVID-19 Syndrome
Journal
Journal of Internal Medicine of Taiwan
Journal Volume
33
Journal Issue
6
Date Issued
2022-12-01
Author(s)
Abstract
COVID-19 began in Wuhan, China at the end of 2019, and quickly spread into a worldwide infectious disease. So far, it has infected more than 600 million people worldwide and killed more than 6.5 million people. The global fatality rate is 1.05%. COVID-19 is the greatest plague of this century and has caused enormous damage to human health and socioeconomics. What's more, many infected people have chronic and prolonged symptoms after the acute phase. The common symptoms include cough, headache, dyspnea, brain fog, insomnia, dysgeusia, etc. Although these variable clinical manifestations are not fatal, due to the large number of people, it still poses considerable problems to public health. In particular, mutant strains of the new coronavirus are emerging one after another, and more people in the country are bound to be infected and suffer from long-COVID-19 syndrome. Therefore, it is necessary to keep track of infected people, even those with mild symptoms. The sequelae caused by this emerging infectious disease still need more observation and research to further understand and propose the best management for long-COVID-19 syndrome. Based on the latest literature, this article conducts a systematic review of long-COVID-19 syndrome, finds out high-risk factors, describes its symptoms and possible pathogenic mechanisms, and proposes feasible treatment methods and prevention methods to provide medical personnel with the best possible management for patients with long-COVID-19 syndrome.
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journal article