Long COVID

Long Covid describes a longer , more complex course of illness than that emerging from initial formal reports from Wuhan ( The Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Emergency Response Epidemiology Team 2020 ; WHO , 2020a )It must be noted that this is a new subject which is likely to change and evolve as more studies are done and what we know is derived from reports which are currently available ie long term data is missing No international consensus about the definition and lot of uncertainties persist Various terms are used in literature to describe the condition as○ long haulers○ long term effects of COVID 19○ post-COVID syndrome & chronic COVID syndrome NICE opted for post covid syndrome and proposed three phases based on time after disease onset.

Acute phase – up to 4 weeks

Ongoing symptomatic COVID 19 – from 4 to 12 weeks

post covid 19 syndrome – more than 12 weeks

Timing of assessment of chronic symptoms varies and remains heterogenous and unstandardized A duration of more than 4 weeks is generally called as long covid ( until international consensus is reached ) and no evidence of any physiological change at 12 weeks to predict chronicity is currently available....