long COVID

or long Co·vid

[ lawng koh-vid, long ]

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noun

Pathology.

a condition characterized by symptoms or health problems that linger or first appear after supposed recovery from an acute phase of COVID-19 infection:
Symptoms of long COVID can vary widely and include cough, low-grade fever, fatigue, chest pain, shortness of breath, headaches, and gastrointestinal upset.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of long COVID¹

Coined by British archaeologist Elisa Perego in 2020

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Example Sentences

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In November 2023, the Dorset Post Covid Syndrome Service - a long Covid clinic where Molly was receiving care - stopped its service for paediatric patients, only taking adults.

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"Just because the pandemic was over it didn't mean that the people with long Covid, all their symptoms, didn't just disappear, and that was really hard."

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Living with long Covid for four years has been "horrible", a teenager has said.

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Molly said she hoped a treatment for long Covid would be found but in the meantime she wanted "doctors and hospitals to be actually educated on it, and for us not to be judged".

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But Molly said it was not equipped to deal with the complexities of long Covid and left her without specialist care.

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long con long-dated

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