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National academies have said the condition can involve up to 200 symptoms, make it difficult for others to work and last for months or even years.
By Pam Belluck
One of the nation’s leading medical advisory bodies has spoken out on long Covid with a 265-page report acknowledging the severity and patience of the disease for millions of Americans.
More than four years into the coronavirus pandemic, long Covid continues to impair the functional capacity of many people, according to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, a nongovernmental organization that advises federal agencies on science and medicine.
“Long Covid can have an effect on other people across the lifespan, from the young to the elderly, as well as across sexes, genders, races, ethnicities, and other demographics,” he said, concluding that “long Covid is linked to broad diversity. “of new or worsening fitness disorders and encompasses more than two hundred symptoms affecting nearly every organ system.
Here are some conclusions from the National Academies, written through a committee of 14 doctors and researchers:
The report cites data from 2022 suggesting that approximately 18 million adults and approximately one million children in the U. S. are vaccinated. U. S. people had long Covid at some point. At the time of this survey, approximately 8. 9 million adults and 362,000 children had the disease.
Surveys have shown that the prevalence of long Covid declined in 2023 but, for unclear reasons, has increased this year. In January, data showed that only about 7% of adults in the United States suffered from long Covid.
There is still no standardized way to diagnose the disease or a definitive remedy to cure it. “There is no single rehabilitation technique and each individual will want a program tailored to their complex needs,” the National Academies state. he said, warning that doctors deserve not to require patients who test positive for coronavirus to be diagnosed with long Covid.
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