Centre of Reproduction, Development & Aging, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau, China.
Institute of Translational Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau, China.
Int J Biol Sci. 2022 Jul 11;18(12):4768-4780. doi: 10.7150/ijbs.75056. eCollection 2022.
The pandemic of COVID-19 is the biggest public health crisis in 21 Century. Besides the acute symptoms after infection, patients and society are also being challenged by the long-term health complications associated with COVID-19, commonly known as long COVID. While health professionals work hard to find proper treatments, large amount of knowledge has been accumulated in recent years. In order to deal with long COVID efficiently, it is important for people to keep up with current progresses and take proactive actions on long COVID. For this purpose, this review will first introduce the general background of long COVID, and then discuss its risk factors, diagnostic indicators and management strategies. This review will serve as a useful resource for people to understand and prepare for long COVID that will be with us in the foreseeable future.
新冠疫情是 21 世纪以来最大的公共卫生危机。除了感染后的急性症状外,患者和社会还面临着与新冠相关的长期健康并发症的挑战,通常被称为长新冠。虽然卫生专业人员正在努力寻找适当的治疗方法,但近年来已经积累了大量的知识。为了有效地应对长新冠,人们了解当前的进展并主动采取措施是很重要的。为此,本文首先介绍长新冠的一般背景,然后讨论其危险因素、诊断指标和管理策略。本文将为人们了解和准备在可预见的未来与我们共存的长新冠提供有用的资源。