Here are the Symptoms of Long Covid Omicron and how to prevent it, according to experts

KOMPAS.com – The Omicron variant doesn’t just haunt the public with how quickly this variant spreads. But also with how this disease causes long covid after recovering. What is long covid and what are the symptoms?

Long covid

Long covid is a collection of long-term symptoms that arise after a person recovers from Covid-19. Apparently, fenomena long covid This attracted the attention of experts because quite a lot of people felt the effects of this long covid.

Long covid can attack anyone, both patients with mild symptoms, and those with severe symptoms who are hospitalized. Duration fase long covid varies from 4 weeks to months after being declared cured of Covid-19.

The Omicron variant which causes the most spikes in Covid-19 cases in various countries is thought to have the potential to cause long covid. However, until now there is not enough data to conclude any long covid which resulted in the Omicron variant.

There are two opinions regarding the minimum duration of a symptom that can be said to be long covid. The CDC says these symptoms are felt for at least 4 weeks, whereas in the UK, patients must have had these symptoms for at least 3 months to be considered long covid.

In addition, Omicron only started to spread in November 2021. This causes the data on patients with long covid to not be sufficient to conclude.

However, experts believe that the number of patients experiencing long covid symptoms less. This is because most of the patients have been vaccinated, thereby increasing the body’s immunity against the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

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Reported from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the symptoms of long covid are many, from mild to severe. In fact, there are more than 50 different long covid symptoms. These symptoms can stand alone, or a combination of several symptoms at once. The following are the most common symptoms of long covid:

• Short breath
• Tired easily
• Difficulty thinking or concentrating (brain fog)
• Cough
• Chest pain
• Headache
• Joint pain
• tingling
• Sleep disturbance
• Diarrhea
• Dizzy
• Changes in smell or sense of taste
• Menstrual cycle changes

There is no proven way to prevent long covid. However, Professor Lin, professor of infectious disease specialist at Rush University Medical Center, recommends supplementing your vaccine with a booster vaccine. This step is believed to be able to reduce the risk of someone experiencing long covid.

In addition, he also advised to remain disciplined in implementing health protocols, such as using masks, maintaining distance, and maintaining hand hygiene.

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