When COVID-19 symptoms linger for week or months compared to the typical 14 days or when new symptoms develop following a COVID-19 infection. Other terms include post-COVID conditions, long-haul COVID, post-acute COVID-19, long term effects of COVID and chronic COVID.
Symptom Terms
Difficulty thinking or concentrating. Brain Fog is a common symptom of Long COVID and other conditions.
Fatigue (tiredness) that affects someone throughout the day, becomes worse after physical or mental activity, and does not improve with rest. There is no known cure for chronic fatigue, although some treatments may help with symptoms. Chronic fatigue can be a symptom of Long COVID or another disease.
The worsening of symptoms following even minor physical or mental exertion, with symptoms typically worsening 12 to 48 hours after activity and lasting for days or even weeks.
Treatment & Management Terms
Treatments that target specific parts of the virus to stop it from multiplying in the body, helping to prevent severe illness and death.
An antiviral treatment for adults and children ages 12 years and older. Taken by mouth, Paxlovid should be started as soon as possible and must begin within 5 days of when COVID symptoms start.
Managing one’s activity to minimize the worsening of symptoms following physical activity.
A therapist’s use of their hands to manipulate, mobilize, and massage the body tissues to improve blood circulation and muscle movement while relieving pain and stiffness.
Government Benefits Terms
Monthly benefits for people who meet the Social Security Administration’s requirements for a qualifying disability.
This program pays benefits to adults and children who meet requirements for a qualifying disability and have limited income and resources.
Medical Research Terms
Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria are factors that allow someone to participate in a clinical trial are inclusion criteria. Those that exclude or not allow participation are exclusion criteria.
Informed consent explains risks and potential benefits about a clinical trial before someone decides whether to participate.
A placebo is a pill or liquid that looks like the new treatment but does not have any treatment value from active ingredients.
Randomization is how volunteers are assigned to a treatment group by chance rather than by choice. Like tossing a coin. Trials are research studies. Trials make sure a treatment or program is safe and effective before giving it to everyone.
Single- or double-blind studies (also called single- or double-masked studies) are studies in which the participants do not know which medicine is being used, so they can describe what happens without bias.