Symptoms after covid-19 infection (Long covid) : Diagnosis and treatment

Abstract

Symptoms after covid-19 infection (Long covid) is a term used to describe the effects of SARS-CoV-2  after being infected with a respiratory virus. These symptoms occur after patient recovery or some diseases continue to affect body functions form the stage of acute covid-19 infection.  Most symptoms usually happen for 4-12 weeks after infection. The cause of symptoms believes that the virus can directly damage other organs, resulting in their functioning poorly and abnormally, and also having an indirect impact on the inflammatory response in the immune system.  It can occur with individual body functions or multiple functions. There are many common symptoms such as fatigue, arthralgia, myalgia, palpitations, chest pain, tiredness, chronic cough,  hair loss, insomnia, anxiety, cognitive impairment, headache, dizziness, numbness, muscle atrophy or multisystem inflammatory syndrome.  In part of diagnosis mostly relies on patient history taking , symptoms, physical examinations ,laboratory results including specific organ testing.  Treatment  depends on  the impact of body conditions. If the patient is suffering from a mild illness, the treatment will provide them with any necessary prescriptions to treat the following conditions. Otherwise, if there is a higher risk of serious sickness, the patient should be intensive care in the hospital immediately to avoid long-term effects from chronic diseases that might destroy and deteriorate their body systems in the future.