Beware Of Long COVID-19, Symptoms Of Chronic Fatigue After Recovering From Corona

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JAKARTA - Head of the Department of Pulmonology and Respiration Medicine FKUI, Agus Dwi Susanto, stated that there are symptoms of the disease that remain when a person has recovered from COVID-19. This symptom is known as long COVID-19.

"Long COVID-19 is a symptom condition that appears in patients who have been declared cured of COVID-19 based on negative swab results. Symptoms can appear for weeks, even months and persist," said Agus at Graha BNPB. , Thursday, December 3.

Agus explained, the long symptoms of COVID-19 vary. The most common symptom is chronic fatigue. In addition, there are also symptoms such as shortness of breath, palpitations, joint pain, muscle pain, and depression after recovering from COVID-19.

Long COVID-19, according to him, can occur as a result of the process when a person is sick with COVID-19, there are persistent anatomical abnormalities that ultimately affect functionally.

"We often find that in patients with long COVID-19 there is stiffness in the lung tissue which persists for 2 to 3 months. This will cause heavy breathing and shortness of breath. In fact, some patients we find reports that between 20 and 30 percent of patients experience it. decreased lung function, "said Agus.

Agus said that it is possible for people who are still young to not have congenital diseases, after recovering from COVID-19 can experience long COVID-19. There are reports of patients who do not have comorbid diseases and they experience long COVID-19.

However, there are several groups that have a high risk of experiencing long symptoms of COVID-19. "Examples are patients who already have comorbid basic diseases, then elderly people, and patients with smoking habits, including those who have the potential to develop long COVID-19.

In fact, said Agus, sufferers of long COVID-19 symptoms occur not because of the remaining virus, but the sequelae that appear after being declared cured.

"So, the long covid problem is not related to the virus that still exists but is related to the impact of anatomical abnormalities that appear after the infection from Covid has been declared cured," he explained.