Mild Covid side effects: Common long Covid symptoms to watch out for
2 years, 6 months ago

Mild Covid side effects: Common long Covid symptoms to watch out for

Hindustan Times  

Covid-19 infections caused by Omicron strain is mostly causing mild symptoms like cough, cold, sore throat, fever, weakness, back pain and headache nowadays and many people may not be following Covid-appropriate behaviour like social distancing, washing hands or wearing masks thinking Covid is now a lot like flu and is no longer a threat. But experts say one should not undermine Covid infection as even those with mild infections are at risk of developing serious long covid complications days, months or even years later. According to Dr Jha, the mild post covid symptoms can include body pain, joints pain or headache, high blood sugar, mild fever, fatigue, feeling of tiredness or lack of energy, loss of taste or smell, shortness of breath, coughing or chest pain, new onset diabetes, inability to focus or difficulty thinking or a lack of mental clarity, rapid or fast heartbeat, insomnia, anxiety disorder or depression and dizziness or lightheadedness. Some of the common long Covid symptoms and complications as per Dr Arora are: Distorted smell and senses: It is documented worldwide that even mild symptoms convert into long term distortion of smell and taste.

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The looming threat of Long Covid
1 year, 8 months ago

The looming threat of Long Covid

The Hindu  

Long Covid, a condition where a patient suffers from COVID-19 symptoms long after recovering from the infection, has become an issue of concern. Covid hip COVID-19 has created a lot of problems in the hip joint for a lot of young patients suffering from a blood supply block called Avascular Necrosis. Gurava ReddyOrthopaedic surgeon Dr. Reddy adds that Covid hip …

The Most Common Long COVID Symptoms Doctors Are Seeing Right Now
1 year, 9 months ago

The Most Common Long COVID Symptoms Doctors Are Seeing Right Now

Huff Post  

Charday Penn via Getty Images Millions of people are experiencing a post-COVID illness known as long COVID. Brain Fog Gorman said some people don’t like the term “brain fog,” but this cognitive symptom is another sign of long COVID. Stomach Issues “There’s also a small segment that have stomach issues, too,” said Dr. William Lago, the medical director of Cleveland …

Long Covid symptoms now include erectile dysfunction and hair loss
1 year, 10 months ago

Long Covid symptoms now include erectile dysfunction and hair loss

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Hair loss and erectile dysfunction have joined the list of long …

Brain fog from long Covid: Know the symptoms, effective tips to deal with it
2 years, 1 month ago

Brain fog from long Covid: Know the symptoms, effective tips to deal with it

Hindustan Times  

There are times when body feels perfectly fine but mind is fuzzy, confused and sluggish. Brain fog is one of the common side-effects of long Covid which could persist even for months after infection. Brain fog can literally bring your life to a halt and make even simple daily tasks very difficult to perform and coordinate leading to neurological, emotional …

Unusual Symptoms of Long Covid; All You Need to Know
2 years, 3 months ago

Unusual Symptoms of Long Covid; All You Need to Know

News 18  

A person diagnosed with COVID-19 can have a wide range of symptoms that can last for weeks. While common symptoms of long COVID – brain fog, chest pain, tightness, among others – are known to many, there are some unusual symptoms, too. “A lot of these unusual symptoms can be understood better if viewed from the lens of the virus …

AIIMS doc warns of 3 extremely critical post-Covid symptoms. Read here
2 years, 3 months ago

AIIMS doc warns of 3 extremely critical post-Covid symptoms. Read here

Live Mint  

Issuing another alert for post-COVID symptoms, an AIIMS Delhi official notified that some signs of the disease can be extremely critical like brain attack or stroke in arteries etc Post-Covid, there can be a development of complications in brain, there are immediate acute situations like brain attack or stroke in arteries/veins, brain inflammation. This means that 4% of people who …

Long Covid: 14.4 crore still grappling with symptoms. Read about worrying signs
2 years, 3 months ago

Long Covid: 14.4 crore still grappling with symptoms. Read about worrying signs

Live Mint  

As much as COVID is worrying, its long-term effects are no less agonising. Noting it to be a serious cause of concern World Health Organisation has recently cited a report to inform that over 144 million people are affected by Long Covid worldwide. And around 10-20% of people who were infected by the coronavirus, actually experience the long COVID symptoms. …

Long Covid in kids: How common it is, symptoms, treatment and all you want to know
2 years, 4 months ago

Long Covid in kids: How common it is, symptoms, treatment and all you want to know

Hindustan Times  

Is your child suffering from mood swings, depression, restless sleep, fatigue or breathing difficulties post Covid? Experts say that there could be different symptoms of long Covid in different age groups though fatigue remains a common sign in almost all kids suffering from this syndrome. * Poor sleep quality Long Covid in above 5 kids and adolescents Depression and anger: …

How do I know if I’ve got long COVID? Here’s what we know about symptoms, recovery
2 years, 4 months ago

How do I know if I’ve got long COVID? Here’s what we know about symptoms, recovery

ABC  

Almost 10 million Australians have recorded confirmed cases of COVID-19, and while research into the prevalence of long COVID in Australia is still in its infancy, experts say it could affect hundreds of thousands of people. However, there are more than 100 possible symptoms, according to the long COVID clinic at St Vincent's hospital in Sydney, and some patients have …

One in eight Covid patients have long-term symptoms
2 years, 4 months ago

One in eight Covid patients have long-term symptoms

NL Times  

One in eight people who had the coronavirus developed Long Covid, according to a large-scale population survey in the Netherlands. That means they struggle with long-term symptoms like chest pain, loss of smell and taste, shortness of breath, fatigue, or muscle pain after infection. “For example, because of the change of seasons, because people developed new diseases, or because living …

Expert Reveals Symptoms of Long Covid Among Vaccinated People
2 years, 4 months ago

Expert Reveals Symptoms of Long Covid Among Vaccinated People

News 18  

Even after two years of struggling and completely adapting to the new normal, we haven’t unfortunately found a cure for the deadly coronavirus. While the vaccines were introduced to safeguard the people from the virus, experts are suggesting that vaccinated people with mild infections can also experience what’s known as long Covid. In a candid conversation with the Hindustan Times, …

USC researchers identify symptoms associated with increased risk for long COVID
2 years, 5 months ago

USC researchers identify symptoms associated with increased risk for long COVID

LA Times  

Medical workers tend to a COVID-19 patient at a hospital in eastern France in 2020. Science & Medicine Cases of ‘long COVID’ frustrate patients, puzzle scientists Researchers are getting serious about understanding a disease patients call “long COVID.” Its symptoms include aches, fatigue, sleep problems and brain fog. “Even people who have relatively few symptoms to start with can end …

Coffee smells like burning trash? Long COVID can spoil your tastebuds for life
2 years, 6 months ago

Coffee smells like burning trash? Long COVID can spoil your tastebuds for life

Live Mint  

COVID can affect you in many ways. Read on to understand why some patients how long COVID can also affect your sense of smell and taste and how it can affect your life. How Long COVID can affect your sense of smell and taste? Parosmia can affect one's life in severe ways in the long term. For example, coffee that …

At least 4 Long COVID symptoms are being reported: Check risks
2 years, 6 months ago

At least 4 Long COVID symptoms are being reported: Check risks

Live Mint  

In the last 2 years, we have witnessed several surges and declines in COVID cases, and along the road, we have also learned to deal with the infection and its symptoms. Several studies are already underway on the topic and some of them have pointed out that the post-COVID syndrome “can affect your whole body” and you may experience lots …

Suffering from ‘Long Covid’? How would you know it: Experts explain all symptoms
2 years, 8 months ago

Suffering from ‘Long Covid’? How would you know it: Experts explain all symptoms

Live Mint  

Most people who suffer from Covid-19 fully recover. But another large study published in November, using data from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, estimated that about 7% of people had at least one symptom of long Covid six months after their infection. It’s possible, though there’s not been enough data collected and analyzed yet to know for sure, especially …

Covid-19: Omicron symptoms to look out for
2 years, 11 months ago

Covid-19: Omicron symptoms to look out for

Hindustan Times  

The Omicron Covid-19 variant, first detected on November 24, 2021, in South Africa, has been spreading rapidly around the globe. The Union Health Ministry, who recently drew a comparison between the second and the third wave of the pandemic in India and specifically Delhi, found fever with or without shivering, cough, irritation in the throat, muscular weakness and tiredness are …

One in Three Covid Patients Get at Least One Long-Covid Symptom, Finds Study
3 years, 2 months ago

One in Three Covid Patients Get at Least One Long-Covid Symptom, Finds Study

News 18  

Around 37 per cent or one in three COVID-19 patients had at least one long-COVID symptom diagnosed in the three to six month period after a coronavirus infection, a new UK study reports on Wednesday. The research from the University of Oxford and the National Institute for Health Research Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre investigated long-COVID in over 270,000 people …

These Are The Most Common Long-Haul COVID Symptoms In Kids
3 years, 3 months ago

These Are The Most Common Long-Haul COVID Symptoms In Kids

Huff Post  

Sergey Sidorov via Getty Images The nature of long-haul COVID in kids may be changing due to the delta variant. “I think it’s important for parents to know that in most children, thankfully, COVID is mild,” said Dr. Diane Arnaout, a Texas-based pediatrician who regularly posts COVID tips for families on her Facebook page. “But it doesn’t mean they can’t …

Five or more symptoms in first week of infection linked to long COVID: Study
3 years, 5 months ago

Five or more symptoms in first week of infection linked to long COVID: Study

India TV News  

People who exhibit over five symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the first week are more likely to develop long COVID, irrespective of their age or gender, according to a review of studies. The researchers identified two main symptom clusters of long COVID: those comprising exclusively of fatigue, headache, and upper respiratory complaints, and those with multi-system complaints including ongoing fever …

Long Covid has more than 200 symptoms, study finds
3 years, 5 months ago

Long Covid has more than 200 symptoms, study finds

India Today  

Patients who experience long Covid report more than 200 symptoms across 10 organ systems, according to the largest global study to date of 'long-haulers' published on Thursday. The researchers created a web-based survey designed to characterise the symptom profile and time course in patients with confirmed or suspected long Covid, who experience prolonged symptoms. Read | The long Covid tale: …

What is long COVID and how it makes life difficult for patients even after recovery
3 years, 5 months ago

What is long COVID and how it makes life difficult for patients even after recovery

Firstpost  

People who had mild symptoms or no symptoms during the first COVID-19 infection can still experience symptoms later on or have long-term problems. What is long COVID According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, post-COVID conditions, also known as long COVID or long-haul COVID, are a wide range of new, returning, or ongoing health problems people can …

Almost 400,000 have had long Covid symptoms for over a year
3 years, 5 months ago

Almost 400,000 have had long Covid symptoms for over a year

The Telegraph  

Nearly 400,000 people have suffered long Covid symptoms for more than 12 months, the latest data from the Office for National Statistics shows. Based on a survey of private households in the UK, the ONS estimated that around 962,000 people have experienced persistent symptoms such as fatigue, shortness of breath, muscle aches and difficulty concentrating since contracting the virus. Two-thirds …

Long COVID-19 symptoms: Some survivors are haunted by loss of smell and taste
3 years, 11 months ago

Long COVID-19 symptoms: Some survivors are haunted by loss of smell and taste

Firstpost  

Until March, when everything started tasting like cardboard, Katherine Hansen had such a keen sense of smell that she could recreate almost any restaurant dish at home without the recipe, just by recalling the scents and flavours. “Smell is not something we pay a lot of attention to until it’s gone,” said Pamela Dalton, who studies smell’s link to cognition …

COVID-19 Smell And Taste Loss: How Long It Lasts, And How To Deal With It
4 years ago

COVID-19 Smell And Taste Loss: How Long It Lasts, And How To Deal With It

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING For millions of COVID-19 survivors, the struggle back to health often is slow and painful. Most will recover within two to three weeks, but many thousands are still working towards recovery many months later.” - Chrissi Kelly, founder of nonprofit patient advocacy group AbScent “When this damage occurs as part of COVID, it tends to be a …

What is Long Covid and How Can One Deal with it
4 years, 2 months ago

What is Long Covid and How Can One Deal with it

News 18  

It’s been months since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and those who have survived the infection are beginning to notice that not all the symptoms of the disease go away soon after the virus is eliminated from the body. Long COVID instead of full recovery The term long COVID is patient-made, meaning that a patient who suffered this condition …

How Does One Differentiate Between Symptoms of Common Cold and Coronavirus? Here are Some Hints
4 years, 4 months ago

How Does One Differentiate Between Symptoms of Common Cold and Coronavirus? Here are Some Hints

News 18  

Although COVID-19 patients may lose their sense of smell, they can breathe freely, do not tend to have a runny or blocked nose, and cannot detect bitter or sweet tastes, a study published on Wednesday has found. The researchers hope that their work could help develop smell and taste tests for fast COVID-19 screening - in primary care and emergency …

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