symptoms

Abstract Background: Prolonged symptoms after COVID-19 are an important concern due to the large numbers affected by the pandemic. Objectives: To ascertain the frequency of gastrointestinal (GI) manifestations as part of long GI COVID. Design: A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies...

Abstract Background Fibrin(ogen) amyloid microclots and platelet hyperactivation previously reported as a novel finding in South African patients with the coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) and Long COVID/Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC), might form a suitable set of foci for the clinical...

Abstract Symptoms of long coronavirus disease (COVID) were found in 38% of 170 patients followed for a median of 22.6 months. The most prevalent symptoms were fatigue, affected taste and smell, and difficulties remembering and concentrating. Predictors for long COVID were older age and number...

Abstract A considerable number of individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 continue to experience symptoms after the acute phase. Here, we report findings from a nationwide questionnaire study in Denmark including 61,002 RT-PCR confirmed SARS-CoV-2 cases and 91,878 test-negative controls aged...

This is an early access version, the complete PDF, HTML, and XML versions will be available soon. Abstract Background and Objectives: COVID-19 can be serious not only in the acute phase but also after the acute phase and some patients develop ME/CFS. There have been few studies on patients...

Abstract Background and Objectives Various peripheral neuropathies, particularly those with sensory and autonomic dysfunction may occur during or shortly after acute COVID-19 illnesses. These appear most likely to reflect immune dysregulation. If similar manifestations can occur with the...

Abstract Objective To describe the development and validation of a novel patient reported outcome measure for symptom burden from long covid, the symptom burden questionnaire for long covid (SBQ-LC). Design Multiphase, prospective mixed methods study. Setting Remote data collection and social...

"Dear Participant, Below is a consent form and four sections of a survey for adults 18 years and older who have had COVID-19. The first section measures demographic characteristics. The next set of questions assesses symptoms of Long COVID. The third and fourth sections measure what has been...

0.91 mmol/L with a reference range of 0.9 to 1.7 Technically not yet low, but close enough. Is this a suspicious result? Aren't people with ME/CFS supposed to tend towards increased lactate levels?

Full title: Long COVID and episodic disability: advancing the conceptualisation, measurement and knowledge of episodic disability among people living with Long COVID – protocol for a mixed-methods study Abstract Introduction As the prevalence of Long COVID increases, there is a critical need...

[I'm diagnosed as having Late Stage Lyme with co-infections, one of them being a reactivated herpesvirus. I wasn't sure to post it here or in the "alternative diagnosis" section, I'm sorry if it should have been posted there instead.] In the category 'afraid to ask but important to ask', does...

Abstract Objectives People living with long COVID describe a high symptom burden, and a more detailed assessment is needed to inform rehabilitation recommendations. The objectives were to use validated questionnaires to measure the severity of fatigue and compare this with normative data and...

Full title: Acute and persistent symptoms in children with PCR-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection compared to test-negative children in England: active, prospective, national surveillance Abstract Background Most children recover quickly after COVID-19, but some may have on-going symptoms...

Abstract Several studies have reported the characteristics of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), yet there is a gap in our understanding of the ocular manifestations of COVID-19. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we investigated the prevalence of ocular manifestations in COVID-19...

Abstract: Objectives: Extensive studies indicate that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) involves human sensory systems. A lack of discussion, however, exists given the auditory–vestibular system involvement in CoV disease 2019 (COVID-19). The present systematic review...

My muscle strength declines rapidly after a certain time walking and then takes a while to come back. It also likes to decline shortly after stopping the activity (usually walking), as if the body was waiting for an opportunity to start resting. The recovery time seems unusually long. I also...

Abstract Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a heterogenous disorder of multiple disabling symptoms with complex manifestations. Network analysis is a statistical and interrogative methodology to investigate the prevalence of symptoms (nodes) and their inter-dependent (inter-nodal) relationships...

Full title: The impact of Post-COVID-Syndrome on functioning – results from a community survey in patients after mild and moderate SARS-CoV-2-infections in Germany Abstract Background In COVID-19 survivors a relatively high number of long-term symptoms have been observed. Besides impact on...

For the last few days, I've been ending up in bed in the afternoons, unable to get warm, exhausted and feeling chills. I guess it's PEM, although it seems to just last a few hours and doesn't involve the body crushed pain that is my experience of full-on PEM. Chills are a frequent feature of...

Objective: As the number of recovering COVID-19 patients increases worldwide, the persistence of symptoms and signs through the post-acute phase indicates an urgent need for prolonged follow-up care. To explore existing data about post-acute COVID-19 syndrome, this meta-analysis assesses the...