“Syndrome that has no name yet” .. Scientists warn of an unexpected impact from Corona

Health officials in the United States have warned that hundreds of thousands of Americans and millions of people around the world may face long-term problems that could prevent their ability to function normally, according to the New York Times.

In a two-day meeting Thursday and Friday to discuss Corona’s long-term effects, public health officials, medical researchers and patients said that Corona’s long-term effects should be recognized as a syndrome and given a scientific name and taken seriously.

“This is a real and widespread phenomenon,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci, the foremost infectious disease expert in the United States. He added that while the number of infected people is still unknown, if the long-term symptoms affect even a small percentage of the millions of people infected with the Coronavirus, “they will represent a major public health problem.”

Long-term symptoms range from breathing problems to heart problems to cognitive and psychological problems, and doctors have pointed out that it is possible that people who have been infected with the virus but have not been hospitalized may suffer from these symptoms, noting that the consequences are long and exhausting with a complex and permanent combination of symptoms.

And the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has published a list of some long-term symptoms, including fatigue, joint pain, chest pain, brain fog, and depression, but doctors and researchers said they knew little about the extent. or the cause of many of the symptoms.

“We need research and action to alleviate the suffering and stop this madness,” said Dr Michael Sage, an infectious disease expert at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Dr John Brooks, medical director of the COVID-19 response at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said he expects long-term post-Covid symptoms to affect “tens of thousands in the United States and possibly hundreds of thousands.”

The director general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, admitted in October that “this virus leads many to a number of dangerous long-term consequences.” The World Health Organization has since called on governments to recognize the phenomenon and has called for further research to understand it.