COVID ends but illness remains: Demystifying Post COVID symptoms with Dr Suresh Kumar, LNJP Hospital

In recent years the world has experienced a catastrophe called COVID and after numerous attempts, the world's nations have managed to contain it. Now, India has a positive Covid rate of less than 1%, and we have seen that the number of new instances is decreasing. Nevertheless, if we narrow our attention to the past two to three months, we see that the Post-Covid Sickness hasn't yet subsided.

After receiving COVID-19 for more than 4 weeks, post-COVID symptoms are evident. It may endure for weeks, or years, or even result in disability. Fatigue, fever, lung (respiratory) symptoms, neurological symptoms, joint or muscle discomfort, heart symptoms or disorders, digestive symptoms, blood clots, blood vessel (vascular) issues, and other symptoms are among the most often reported symptoms. It might be challenging to determine whether the symptoms are brought on by the virus or something else, like an underlying medical condition. COVID-19 can result in long-term health issues including organ damage, inflammation, and immune system issues. Although it affects adults more frequently than kids and teenagers, it can have long-lasting impacts on everyone.

We witness a number of premature deaths every day as a result of these severe post-covid symptoms. The issue of post-COVID keeps doctors, chest specialists, and pulmonary doctors busy. Why do we experience untimely cardiac events and other multisystem involvement issues every time there is an emergency? Is this a result of the virus's normal course or something else?

So, in today's episode of Health Perspectives, Dr. Suresh Kumar, Director-Professor of Medicine at the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital and the Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) will be joining us in demystifying Why is Post Covid occurring? what is the pathophysiology? What long-term complications are there? And how we can spot these things before they happen so we can save these patients from dying too soon.