Nearly three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, experts are trying to understand the lingering symptoms of what is commonly called long COVID, who is most at risk, and how the symptoms can best be treated.
A cross-sectional study of over 16, 000 individuals found 15 percent of U.S. adults with a prior positive COVID-19 infection reported current symptoms of long COVID.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that one in 13 U.S. adults experience symptoms lasting three or more months after first contracting COVID-19.
These symptoms, also called post-COVID Conditions (PCCs), are most often seen in patients over 65 years old with pre-existing medical conditions. …