A new study is bringing more understanding to the symptoms of long COVID, the post-infection set of conditions that can last for months or years after a person has COVID-19.
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A range of other symptoms were reported by smaller numbers of patients, with the study noting 37 symptoms were identified as present more often in those who'd had a COVID infection, after 6 months, than in people who hadn't been infected. More than 100 million Americans have been infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to the press release, with about 6% of those continuing to experience and"Americans living with long COVID want to understand what is happening with their bodies," Dr. Rachel L. Levine, assistant secretary for health, said in the release.
The study found that long COVID — also known as Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection, or PASC — was more common and severe in study participants who were infected before the
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