Our Top 8 Digital Health Solutions Addressing Long COVID

Yes, the COVID-19 pandemic is long. Since the WHO characterised the virus’ spread as a pandemic in March, cases have been climbing; countries are facing a second wave and are entering lockdown 2.0; and many aspects of our current lifestyle will continue through 2021. But this isn’t what we mean by “long COVID.” This newly-minted term refers to patients experiencing long-term sequelae of a COVID infection. It’s not an exact medical term as it is a patient-made one apparently first used by Elisa Perego in a tweet to describe her own experience. Additionally, two patients can have different #longcovid experiences, with different symptoms, which can last for a month or as long as 12 weeks. But even though this juvenile term is not part of medical terminology yet, it might soon be. “We’ve got no doubt long Covid exists,” Professor David Strain, from the University of Exeter, told the BBC. At his Chronic Fatigue Syndrome clinic, Prof. Strain is already seeing those he describes as long-Covid patients. Other researchers in Italy, Ireland and the U.K. have reported persistent symptoms in COVID-positive patients after getting discharged. As such, it’s likely that such a condition is experienced by post-COVID-19 patients elsewhere as well. The most common symptom of such patients is extreme fatigue; but there are a wide range of long COVID symptoms from persistent cough through mood changes to the onset of diabetes. Such long-term complications a...
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