{"id":18332,"date":"2021-02-24T15:18:43","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T12:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/patnubay.org\/?p=18332"},"modified":"2021-02-24T15:20:14","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T12:20:14","slug":"qatar-moph-what-is-long-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/?p=18332","title":{"rendered":"Qatar MOPH: What is Long-COVID?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Long-COVID, also referred to as post-COVID-19 syndrome, is a term used to describe COVID-19 symptoms that continue to affect people for many weeks or months after contracting the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What are the common symptoms of Long-COVID?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Extreme tiredness<\/li><li>Shortness of breath<\/li><li>Joint pain<\/li><li>Depression and anxiety<\/li><li>Chest pain or tightness<\/li><li>Insomnia<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Who is at risk?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most people recover quickly from COVID-19, but anyone can experience the ongoing symptoms of Long-COVID. Due to their increased vulnerability and often weakened immune systems, the elderly are more susceptible to long-term complications due to<br>COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What can be done to prevent Long-COVID?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The best form of prevention is to follow all steps to reduce the risk of contracting COVID-19: wear a mask, maintain physical distance, avoid large gatherings, and regular hand washing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is also important that people who experience signs and symptoms of COVID-19 do not delay seeking help. The sooner medical teams can begin treating the symptoms, the higher the chance of avoiding complications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MOPHQatar\/status\/1364473773303472128\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/MOPHQatar\/status\/1364473773303472128<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/gXVWgYQ1lINkMPv5_qWiMGhuYKtQx5_H8IGchkyP27tq6mBSk-lpc7noOkk9ZhpUpFcP1JpIgsCjqOC9GSLKLyyPsS7EZXpTWycNq3jh9aR7PTAhNqCUjG5MIC9Rx8jnStTdsv7e\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\f<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long-COVID, also referred to as post-COVID-19 syndrome, is a term used to describe COVID-19 symptoms that continue to affect people for many weeks or months after contracting the virus. What are the common symptoms of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":18333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[54,40,25,16,15,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18332"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18332"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18335,"href":"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18332\/revisions\/18335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}