What Is Long COVID and What Do We Know About It?
The majority of individuals who contract the coronavirus suffer from the symptoms of coughing, fever and difficulty breathing before recovering in about two weeks. However, some individuals suffer persistent symptoms, informally referred to as long COVID. Researchers estimate that these individuals make up 10% to 30% of the population. While researchers have been unable to find a definitive cause as to why some people suffer from long-term symptoms, they have proposed a few theories as well as growing information about the disease. So, what can we deduce from long COVID? Working definitions from researchers show that the term “long COVID”…