Long Covid is a real thing but I don’t think anyone has a good handle on the prevalence, severity or duration. Your 2nd paragraph is a typical example “It is estimated that anywhere from 10% to 30% of patients might experience long COVID after recovering”. What does that actually mean? 10-30% is a large range and those “may” experience long Covid symptoms - not “will”. That means the actual number is lower, maybe much lower. What it basically translates to is “somewhere between 1 and 30% of people have long covid”. And that doesn’t even begin to speak to severity or duration. Having a persistent cough for a couple of weeks sucks buts it radically different from being so fatigued that you can’t get out of bed for 6 months.A mild SARS-CoV-2 infection can cause long COVID. And with the high transmissibility of the Omicron variant—which often results in milder disease outcomes—many patients may be concerned about developing long COVID.
It is estimated that anywhere from 10% to 30% of patients might experience long COVID after recovering—even if they weren’t very sick in the first place. This leaves many COVID long-haulers with questions about symptoms and what to do. One physician aims to clear up confusion about long-haul COVID-19 and what patients can expect.
Long COVID—or post-COVID conditions—is a wide range of new, returning or ongoing health problems people may experience more than four weeks after being first infected with SARS-CoV-2. Even people who did not have any symptoms can experience long COVID, which can present as different types and combinations of health problems and can range in lengths of time, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
At the June 2021 AMA Special Meeting, delegates adopted policy to support “the development of an ICD-10 code or family of codes to recognize Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (‘PASC’ or ‘long COVID’) and other novel post-viral syndromes as a distinct diagnosis.” Read about the AMA’s support for more resources to help millions living with long COVID.
The AMA’s What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™ series provides physicians with a platform to share what they want patients to understand about today’s health care headlines, especially throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
For this installment, AMA member Devang Sanghavi, MD, took the time to discuss what patients need to know about long-haul COVID. Dr. Sanghavi is an intensivist and medical director of the medical intensive care unit (ICU) at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida Since summer of 2020, he has seen about 100 patients with long COVID, many of whom take weeks to recover.
Your thread title mentions mandates, but none of the quotes you provide mention any mandates. So, exactly what mandates should not be relaxed because of the possiblity of long covid?A mild SARS-CoV-2 infection can cause long COVID. And with the high transmissibility of the Omicron variant—which often results in milder disease outcomes—many patients may be concerned about developing long COVID.
It is estimated that anywhere from 10% to 30% of patients might experience long COVID after recovering—even if they weren’t very sick in the first place. This leaves many COVID long-haulers with questions about symptoms and what to do. One physician aims to clear up confusion about long-haul COVID-19 and what patients can expect.
Long COVID—or post-COVID conditions—is a wide range of new, returning or ongoing health problems people may experience more than four weeks after being first infected with SARS-CoV-2. Even people who did not have any symptoms can experience long COVID, which can present as different types and combinations of health problems and can range in lengths of time, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
At the June 2021 AMA Special Meeting, delegates adopted policy to support “the development of an ICD-10 code or family of codes to recognize Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (‘PASC’ or ‘long COVID’) and other novel post-viral syndromes as a distinct diagnosis.” Read about the AMA’s support for more resources to help millions living with long COVID.
The AMA’s What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™ series provides physicians with a platform to share what they want patients to understand about today’s health care headlines, especially throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
For this installment, AMA member Devang Sanghavi, MD, took the time to discuss what patients need to know about long-haul COVID. Dr. Sanghavi is an intensivist and medical director of the medical intensive care unit (ICU) at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida Since summer of 2020, he has seen about 100 patients with long COVID, many of whom take weeks to recover.
If only there was a vaccine...A mild SARS-CoV-2 infection can cause long COVID. And with the high transmissibility of the Omicron variant—which often results in milder disease outcomes—many patients may be concerned about developing long COVID.
It is estimated that anywhere from 10% to 30% of patients might experience long COVID after recovering—even if they weren’t very sick in the first place. This leaves many COVID long-haulers with questions about symptoms and what to do. One physician aims to clear up confusion about long-haul COVID-19 and what patients can expect.
Long COVID—or post-COVID conditions—is a wide range of new, returning or ongoing health problems people may experience more than four weeks after being first infected with SARS-CoV-2. Even people who did not have any symptoms can experience long COVID, which can present as different types and combinations of health problems and can range in lengths of time, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
At the June 2021 AMA Special Meeting, delegates adopted policy to support “the development of an ICD-10 code or family of codes to recognize Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (‘PASC’ or ‘long COVID’) and other novel post-viral syndromes as a distinct diagnosis.” Read about the AMA’s support for more resources to help millions living with long COVID.
The AMA’s What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™ series provides physicians with a platform to share what they want patients to understand about today’s health care headlines, especially throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
For this installment, AMA member Devang Sanghavi, MD, took the time to discuss what patients need to know about long-haul COVID. Dr. Sanghavi is an intensivist and medical director of the medical intensive care unit (ICU) at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida Since summer of 2020, he has seen about 100 patients with long COVID, many of whom take weeks to recover.
nonsenseLong Covid is a real thing but I don’t think anyone has a good handle on the prevalence, severity or duration. Your 2nd paragraph is a typical example “It is estimated that anywhere from 10% to 30% of patients might experience long COVID after recovering”. What does that actually mean? 10-30% is a large range and those “may” experience long Covid symptoms - not “will”. That means the actual number is lower, maybe much lower. What it basically translates to is “somewhere between 1 and 30% of people have long covid”. And that doesn’t even begin to speak to severity or duration. Having a persistent cough for a couple of weeks sucks buts it radically different from being so fatigued that you can’t get out of bed for 6 months.
The other issue is that these are self-reported at least some of those people have symptoms that may be completely unrelated to Covid.
all of them ......COVID 19 and the variants are not gone.Your thread title mentions mandates, but none of the quotes you provide mention any mandates. So, exactly what mandates should not be relaxed because of the possiblity of long covid?
OK...you do all of them.all of them ......COVID 19 and the variants are not gone.
I am ...........OK...you do all of them.
Good. Leave everyone else alone.I am ...........
A one word answer is a not a refutation. In truth it is the definition of nonsense.nonsense
Covid is so prevalent that case counts are wildly inaccurate and completely useless. Hospitalizations and deaths matter.I don’t know what the correct solution is, but I’ll just say this: when my state had a mask mandate, my county had 9 average cases per 100k. Since the mask mandate was lifted, that number has nearly tripled, and now my county is one of the two worst in my state.
Now, is 24/100k bad? Should the mask mandate have been left in place? I’m not qualified to answer either of those questions. All I’m saying is that the cause and effect seem clear to me, and it does suggest to me that we’ll see another wave.
Oh...so we should shut down the economy again?all of them ......COVID 19 and the variants are not gone.
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