What are the symptoms of long Covid?

     

        As COVID-19 has moved from pandemic to endemic, some changes may stick

                       COVID-19 is settling in for the long term, and any aspirations of eradicating it have been replaced with strategies to reduce its virulence, drive it into the background with flus and other endemic infections, and learn to live with it. It's impossible to say how that future world will appear, but it's quite improbable that the "normal" we find will be the same as the one we knew two years ago.

              The majority of persons with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) recover fully within a few weeks. However, some people, even those with minor forms of the condition, continue to have symptoms after they have recovered. These persons are known as "long haulers," and their conditions are referred to as "post-COVID-19 syndrome" or "long COVID-19." Post-COVID-19 conditions are a term used to describe these health concerns. They're typically thought to be COVID-19 side effects that last longer than four weeks after you've been diagnosed with the virus.

              COVID-19 symptoms can last for months at a time. The virus has the potential to harm the lungs, heart, and brain, increasing the risk of long-term health issues. COVID-19 symptoms can last for weeks or months in older persons and people with a variety of serious medical issues, but even young, otherwise healthy people can feel ill for weeks or months following infection.

              COVID-19 primarily affects the lungs, but it can also affect other organs. Long-term breathing problems, heart complications, chronic kidney damage, stroke, and Guillain-Barre syndrome – a condition that causes temporary paralysis – are all long-term health consequences that some people may face. Some adults and children develop multisystem inflammatory syndrome after taking COVID-19. In this scenario, some organs and tissues become substantially inflamed.

                COVID-19 has the ability to inflict blood cells to clump together and clot. While large clots can cause heart attacks and strokes, the majority of the heart damage caused by COVID-19 is likely to be caused by miniscule clots that restrict tiny blood vessels (capillaries) in the heart muscle.

                Many persons who have recovered from SARS have developed chronic fatigue syndrome, a complex condition marked by intense weariness that worsens with physical or mental exertion but does not better with rest. People who have had COVID-19 may be in the same boat.

                The COVID-19 epidemic has claimed a large number of lives around the world and poses an unprecedented threat to public health, food systems, and the workplace. The pandemic has wreaked havoc on the economy and society, putting tens of millions of people on the verge of starvation. Agricultural labourers confront a high rate of working poverty, hunger, and bad health on a regular basis. Migrant workers are especially susceptible, as their transportation, working, and residential conditions are all at danger. To save lives, it will be vital to ensure the safety and health of all agri-food employees.

               Now is the time for global solidarity and assistance, particularly for the most vulnerable members of our societies, especially in emerging and developing nations. Only by working together will we be able to overcome the pandemic's interconnected health, social, and economic effects and prevent it from escalating into a long-term humanitarian and food security disaster, potentially wiping out already made progress.

                 We must reassess our environment's future and act quickly to address climate change and environmental deterioration. Only then will we be able to safeguard everyone's health, livelihoods, food security, and nutrition, and ensuring that our "new normal" is a better one.