Researchers create new tool to assess symptoms of long COVID, NIHR

Researchers have worked with patients to develop a comprehensive tool to assess the symptoms of long COVID and their impact on everyday life. Around 1.7 million people in the UK, and more than 100 million people worldwide, continue to experience symptoms more than four weeks after having COVID-19, a condition known as long COVID. Currently more than 200 symptoms affecting many organs in the body are associated with long COVID, including breathlessness, fatigue and brain fog. Healthcare providers and researchers need reliable ways of measuring these symptoms and how they are experienced by patients, to help them develop new treatments and provide the best possible care.
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news