What is Long Covid? 

Long COVID—or post-COVID conditions—is a wide range of new, returning or ongoing health problems people may experience more than four weeks after being first infected with SARS-CoV-2.

Post-COVID-19 conditions are associated with a broad range of symptoms, including:

• Fatigue

• Shortness of breath

• Joint and muscle pain

• Weakness

• Dizziness

• Chest pain

• Memory problems

• Anxiety or depression

• Insomnia

• Brain fog

• Spine or back pain

Patients previously hospitalized for COVID-19, or even some individuals who had cases that were managed at home, can experience a spectrum of conditions. These may include concerns in the following systems:

• Pulmonary (lungs and breathing)

• Cardiovascular (heart and vascular)

• Kidney

• Metabolic

• Mood

• Neurology

• Musculoskeletal