Long COVID Syndrome Following Infection with SARS-CoV-2- A Devastating Influence on Health Status in Some Affected Individuals
Published: February 1, 2021 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2021/47609.14571
Sarthak Nilang Soni, Somashekhar Marutirao Nimbalkar
1. Junior Resident, Department of Paediatrics, Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, Gujarat, India.
2. Professor, Department of Neonatology, Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, Gujarat, India.
Correspondence Address :
Dr. Somashekhar Marutirao Nimbalkar,
Department of Neonatology, Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, Gujarat, India.
E-mail: somu_somu@yahoo.com
Abstract
Almost a year since the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) began causing COVID-19, our knowledge about its manifestations continues to expand. As more people become fatally ill with COVID-19, it is now clear that many patients who developed a mild illness, recovered from a serious illness, or had an asymptomatic infection are also beginning to suffer from a newly described entity called Long COVID. Studies show that show COVID-19 influences the cardiovascular framework, yet the general effects stay obscured. Impaired diffusion capacity, lower respiratory muscle strength, and lung imaging abnormalities are seen in COVID-19 patients in the early recovery stage. As compared to non-severe cases, severe patients had a higher incidence of Diffusion capacity of lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO) impairment and are more prone to total lung capacity decrease and 6-Minute Walk Test (6MWT) decline. The degree and seriousness of long-term well-being outcomes remain unclear, yet increasing information points in the direction of poorer physiological outcomes. Long-term sequelae of COVID-19 will have enduring implications on those afflicted's physical, mental, and social health while having a substantial monetary impact on society.
Keywords
Coronavirus disease, 6-minute walk test, Diffusion capacity,
Post COVID syndrome, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2