Long-term New Crown Sequelae

"Long-term new crown" sequelae?

With the continuous evolution of the mutated strain of the new coronavirus, the number of confirmed cases and deaths of new coronary pneumonia in many countries around the world has rebounded again recently. More and more patients in the United States and other countries are troubled by the "new crown sequelae" known as "long-term new crowns".

Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, analyzed at the press conference of the State Council's Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism on October 13 that, generally speaking, people who have been vaccinated have a much lower risk of sequelae after being infected with the new crown than those who have been vaccinated. Those who have not been vaccinated.

Jin Dongyan, a professor at the School of Biomedical Sciences of the University of Hong Kong and a virus expert, said in an interview with reporters on November 3, "Currently, the scientific community has inconsistent definitions for the sequelae of the new crown, and there are no specific detection methods or diagnostic indicators. The sequelae of the new crown that people can obtain The information is all from the self-reports of infected people, which makes the results lack objective measurement."

Jin Dongyan further explained, "The World Health Organization believes that the sequelae of the new crown can only be called COVID-19 if it still exists 3 months after being infected and lasts for at least 2 months. The US CDC believes that it still occurs 1 month after being infected, Recurrence or existing related symptoms can be called COVID-19 sequelae."

"It was two weeks after the new crown turned negative that I regained my sense of taste and smell. I still felt like I was in a state of catching a cold before." A recovering new crown living in France told reporters, "It has been three months since the turn negative. It has been a month and a half, and after getting the new crown, the body is more fatigued, but I can feel that I am gradually recovering."

Jin Dongyan said, "The vast majority of the symptoms of the sequelae of the new crown are short-lived and mild. Not only that, but most of these symptoms are also related to mental health and mental health. The most common ones include fatigue, Headaches, insomnia, anxiety, etc.”

"Long-term symptoms are not unique to the new crown. After the influenza A pandemic in 1918, the SARS outbreak in 2003, and the Ebola epidemic in West Africa in 2014, patients have had sequelae after infection." Jin Dongyan said, "Compared to Delta Mutant strains and original strains, the proportion of COVID-19 sequelae in the Omicron pandemic stage has been greatly reduced. Asymptomatic infections have little chance of developing COVID-19 sequelae, and the proportion of mildly ill patients suffering from COVID-19 sequelae is far lower than that of severe cases.”

"At present, scientists from all over the world are very concerned and worried about the sequelae of COVID-19 infection." Liang Wannian, head of the expert group of the Leading Group for Epidemic Response and Disposal of the National Health and Medical Commission, said at a press conference on October 13 that the pathogenesis of the sequelae of COVID-19, the ultimate continuation Time is not fully understood scientifically. Unlike general flu and known diseases, scientists still have a lot of unknowns about the new crown.