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MANY Covid victims are still struggling with bouts of illness seven months after first being infected, a major review warns.

It claims the numbers suffering “debilitating” long-term effects are on the rise – with tens of thousands now affected.
Experts from the National Institute for Health Research warn “long Covid” is not one single condition, but could actually be four different syndromes.

Ongoing symptoms can include breathlessness, chronic fatigue, "brain fog", anxiety and stress.

Meanwhile, other patients have been found to have suffered permanent organ damage.

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Academics have warned that long Covid could actually be four different syndromes.

They have been categorised as: post intensive care syndrome, post viral fatigue syndrome, permanent organ damage and long term Covid syndrome. Some patients may suffer them simultaneously.

Some have reported symptoms as long as seven months after infection and those who had a mild illness at the start can have worse ongoing symptoms than patients who needed intensive care treatment.

Even children can suffer, researchers said.

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The number of people suffering ‘debilitating’ long-term symptoms from ‘long Covid’ is expected to rise, academics have said – warning that the condition could in fact be as many as four different syndromes. Researchers from the National Institute for Health Research conducted a review examining reports for those with ongoing coronavirus symptoms who were still unable to work, study or care for dependents several months after their initial coronavirus infection.

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Long Covid can last at least seven months and may come in up to four types that hit every part of the brain and body, according to a major study.

The condition, which affects some people who are infected with Covid-19, can afflict people of all ages and backgrounds as well as those whose symptoms are initially quite mild. It may even arise in people who had no symptoms with their original infection, although that is still unclear.

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Long covid, the name commonly used to explain lasting effects of covid-19, may actually be four different syndromes, according to a review by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).1

A team of researchers and doctors reviewed current evidence and interviewed post-hospitalised and non-hospitalised patients and reported that long covid did not seem to fit as one syndrome. They suggested that people experiencing long term effects of covid-19 may have different syndromes such as post-intensive care syndrome, post-viral fatigue syndrome, and long term covid syndrome.

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TORONTO -- A growing body of evidence indicates that long-term “ongoing” COVID-19 may not be a single syndrome but possibly up to four different syndromes, according to a new review by the National Institute for Health Research, a U.K. government agency.

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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Ivanhoe Newswire) — It’s called post-intensive care unit syndrome, or PICU and prior to the pandemic, many of us may never have heard of it. But patients who survive an extended stay in an intensive care unit on a ventilator may have a number of unique health challenges to overcome. More on how hospitals are rethinking recovery for COVID patients.

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It’s called post-intensive care unit syndrome, or PICU, and prior to the pandemic, many of us may never have heard of it. But patients who survive an extended stay in an intensive care unit on a ventilator may have a number of unique health challenges to overcome.

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Three children are hospitalized in the intensive care unit at Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot, after suffering from a rare heart-wrenching syndrome on the wake of recovering from coronavirus. One is in critical condition and two others are in moderate condition.
"This is a new syndrome that children can develop after being infected with coronavirus and hundreds of cases have been observed around the world, a small number of which included severe complications and hospitalization in intensive care," Prof. Yehuda Adler, chairman of the European Union of Membrane and Myocardial Diseases, told N12.

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Three children are hospitalized in the intensive care unit of an Israeli hospital for treatment for a rare inflammatory syndrome that can cause damage to the heart, thought to be triggered by the coronavirus.

The highly rare, post-viral condition called Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) can develop about a month after SARS-CoV-2 infection and causes multiple organs to become painfully inflamed.

The two girls, aged 9 and 10, and a 16-year-old boy were receiving treatment at the Kaplan Medical Center in the central city of Rehovot, Channel 13 reported on Thursday.

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Three children are hospitalized in the intensive care unit at Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot, after suffering from a rare heart-wrenching syndrome on the wake of recovering from coronavirus. One is in critical condition and two others are in moderate condition.
"This is a new syndrome that children can develop after being infected with coronavirus and hundreds of cases have been observed around the world, a small number of which included severe complications and hospitalization in intensive care," Prof. Yehuda Adler, chairman of the European Union of Membrane and Myocardial Diseases, told N12.

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Persistent covid-19, in which patients experience symptoms for months, may be affecting people in four different ways at once. And that may explain why patients with these persistent symptoms are not receiving adequate treatment.

In addition, there may be a huge psychological impact on patients with this long covid-19, points out a review of studies by the United Kingdom’s National Institute for Health Research.

These people need more support, and health professionals, more information.