Post-illness symptoms like long Covid are probably more common than we think | Megan Hosey

Clinicians tend to pay less attention to how patients with severe illness do once they are out of mortal danger, or once symptoms extend beyond an arbitrary time frame

In recent months, long Covid has received a great deal of media and public attention. Research has found that as many as one in four of those infected with Covid - perhaps millions of people in the US alone - suffer from chronic long-term symptoms, including headaches, dizziness, abdominal pain, heart problems, fatigue, anxiety, depression, cognitive impairment and other conditions.

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