What is Long Covid?

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Long Covid or Post Covid-19 Syndrome is a condition or symptom found in patients. after receiving treatment. Some patients may still experience residual symptoms. These symptoms can occur throughout the body. Such as the respiratory system, nervous system, gastrointestinal system. The cardiovascular system, etc. However, these Long Covid symptoms are often not fixed. May vary in each patient. But it may prevent some recovered people from returning to their original lives. The National Health Service (NHS) has revealed that Long Covid is a chronic, ongoing condition. May last for more than 12 weeks. Usually found in patients between 35-49 years of age and between 50-69 years of age.

Long Covid caused by what?

 Although the condition causes physical and mental disorders of patients who have infected with COVID-19. But in medicine, UFABET the exact cause has not found. But it is expected to be caused by 3 main factors:

  • The virus destroys the balance of various systems in the body, causing abnormalities.
  • When a patient is infected with COVID-19 The body will be stimulated to produce so much immunity and inflammatory substances that it will destroy the functioning of various systems.
  • Effects after a serious illness (Post-Critical Illness), in which the body of patients with severe symptoms will cause a small injury to the circulatory system. (Microvascular Injury) including abnormalities in the balance of minerals and water substances in the body. As a result, various systems in the body are working abnormally after recovering from illness.