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KOMPAS.com – World Health Organization (WHO) said, that the long-term effects of the corona virus or long Covid-19 can be very dangerous, because it can affect every part of the body.
Symptoms can range from shortness of breath to heart disease, but there are many other unknown symptoms.
Regarding the possibility of suffering from the effects of Covid-19 long after Omicron infection, the UN Health Organization noted that the probability is high compared to other variants. However, more research is still needed on this matter.
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Because I don’t know the picture long covid completely, it is now necessary to focus on reducing the transmission of the virus.
The act of preventing infection is better in terms of any effect, both short term and long term.
Getting to know long covid
Long covid usually diagnosed a few weeks after the onset of Covid-19. Any long-term effects generally appear about 90 days after the initial infection symptoms disappear.
Launch Live Mint, long-term effects can last weeks, months, even years. Symptoms of the long-term effects of Covid-19 infection can affect certain organs of the body with varying degrees of severity.
written India Todaysome symptoms corona infection Long-lasting symptoms include fatigue, brain fog, shortness of breath, anxiety, and other problems.
Even so, several studies show the risk of heart disease as a symptom after corona infection.
Prolonged illness is more likely if a person is hospitalized for a coronavirus infection, but research shows this occurs even after a mild infection.
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Pasien Omicron
The new variant of Omicron has circulated for a short time, so it is still too early to draw conclusions regarding long covid patients after infection with this type of virus.
“There’s really no indication that we’re going to see a difference in the percentage of people who may have long-term COVID-19,” said World Health Organization (WHO) official Maria Van Kerkhove.
“But we don’t yet have a full understanding of the long-term effects of infection.”
According to him, so far there has been no research showing the portion of old Covid-19 survivors who are infected with the corona virus (reinfection) will change to the Omicron variant.
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Worrying signs of long covid
Many people think of Covid-19 infection as an upper respiratory disease, but it is more of a systemic disease.
Literally, corona infection affects every part of the cardiovascular system.
“The risks and complications of Covid-19, if we don’t look at it as a respiratory pathogen, of course that’s the way it gets in. (Virus) affects every part of the body because of the blood vessels. This commonly causes vasculitis,” said WHO official Dr. Abdi Mahamud.
However, once again, further research is needed on long covid.
“We need good research, good treatment, clinical care to deal with the short and long term effects. We need to make sure there is good rehabilitation,” the WHO said.
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