09-08-2024, 09:33 AM
According to a recently released Washington-based National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (Nasem) report, Long Covid is an infection-associated chronic condition that occurs after a SARS-CoV-2 infection.
The infection is present for at least three months either continuously, relapses and remits or progresses and affects one or more organ systems.
Nasem called on state and local authorities, clinicians, medical societies and organisations, public health practitioners, employers and educators to adopt the new definition for Long Covid.
It can affect children and adults and exacerbate pre-existing health conditions or present new conditions.
“Long Covid can be diagnosed on clinical grounds.
“Long Covid can impair individuals’ ability to work, attend school, take care of family, and care for themselves.
“It can have a profound emotional and physical impact on patients and their families and caregivers.”
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The infection is present for at least three months either continuously, relapses and remits or progresses and affects one or more organ systems.
Nasem called on state and local authorities, clinicians, medical societies and organisations, public health practitioners, employers and educators to adopt the new definition for Long Covid.
It can affect children and adults and exacerbate pre-existing health conditions or present new conditions.
“Long Covid can be diagnosed on clinical grounds.
“Long Covid can impair individuals’ ability to work, attend school, take care of family, and care for themselves.
“It can have a profound emotional and physical impact on patients and their families and caregivers.”
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