Long COVID: What is it?
- By Éric Drahi,
- Gérard Bergua,
- Marc Dumoulin,
- Yves Le Noc,
- Élisabeth Steyer,
- Marie Françoise Huez-Robert,
- Claude Scali
- and Dragos-Paul Hagiu
Pages 69 to 73
Cite this article
- DRAHI, Éric,
- BERGUA, Gérard,
- DUMOULIN, Marc,
- LE NOC, Yves,
- STEYER, Élisabeth,
- HUEZ-ROBERT, Marie Françoise,
- SCALI, Claude
- and HAGIU, Dragos-Paul,
- Drahi, Éric.,
- et al.
- Drahi, É.,
- Bergua, G.,
- Dumoulin, M.,
- Le Noc, Y.,
- Steyer, É.,
- Huez-Robert, M.-F.,
- Scali, C.
- and Hagiu, D.-P.
https://doi.org/10.1684/med.2022.735
Cite this article
- Drahi, É.,
- Bergua, G.,
- Dumoulin, M.,
- Le Noc, Y.,
- Steyer, É.,
- Huez-Robert, M.-F.,
- Scali, C.
- and Hagiu, D.-P.
- Drahi, Éric.,
- et al.
- DRAHI, Éric,
- BERGUA, Gérard,
- DUMOULIN, Marc,
- LE NOC, Yves,
- STEYER, Élisabeth,
- HUEZ-ROBERT, Marie Françoise,
- SCALI, Claude
- and HAGIU, Dragos-Paul,
https://doi.org/10.1684/med.2022.735
In most cases, the signs of COVID-19 disappear completely within two to three weeks, but some patients, whether they have been hospitalized or not, can experience symptoms that last well beyond this timeframe and cannot be associated with another illness. Current evidence suggests that approximately 10 to 20 percent of these individuals subsequently experience a variety of medium- to long-term effects. These medium- and long-term effects are then referred to as post-COVID-19 illness or “long-term COVID-19.” But what do we know about these prolonged symptoms of COVID-19, and what is long COVID?