Symptoms of long-standing Covid syndrome

One of the main symptoms of the syndrome is a constant feeling of fatigue and decreased endurance.

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The German neurologist, Professor Catherine Reitz, explained that some patients with the emerging corona virus (Covid-19) suffer some long-term effects after recovering from the virus in what is known as long-term “Covid syndrome” (Long-covid syndrome), or Post-covid syndrome.

The doctor explained that the symptoms of this syndrome are a constant feeling of fatigue, decreased endurance and effort, muscle and joint pain, disorders of the sense of smell and taste, and disturbances of concentration and attention.

Rits added that the results of a recent study that included about 2,500 patients showed that patients continued to suffer from shortness of breath for several weeks, after recovering from Corona.

The German professor added that the severity and duration of symptoms varies from one patient to another, pointing out that there is still little data available on this syndrome due to the lack of long-term studies.

In general, Rits advises patients to write symptoms down in a diary daily, to better monitor the course of troubles, even if they are fluctuating.

This helps the doctor to better assess the situation.

It can, for example, treat pain with drugs or conduct neuropsychological tests and undergo neuropsychological treatment, or occupational therapy in case of suffering from concentration and attention disorders.

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