A GP guide to COVID-19’s long-term sequelae
It is becoming increasingly evident that survivors of severe, mild and even asymptomatic COVID-19 face a large range of post-acute conditions involving almost every organ system
Our understanding of COVID-19, the disease caused by the betacoronavirus SARS-CoV-2, is ever evolving.
Even basic facts about it, such as the case fatality rate, remain undecided.
What is clear is that COVID-19 is a protean disease with a wide variety of clinical presentations of all severities — from asymptomatic infection through to severe disease and death.
It is increasingly evident that survivors of COVID-19 face a significant risk of a similarly broad range of post-acute sequelae.
