Since everything coming after something else is inherently “post,” categorizing the persistence of symptoms, and even laboratory / radiologic abnormalities after recovering as post-COVID is conceptually correct, irrespective of their duration (short or long). In effect, the concept of a post-viral syndrome is not new or exclusive to COVID-19; it was described decades ago and can occur after other common viral infections, such as Epstein–Barr virus, Coxsackie viruses, Ross River virus, human herpesvirus 6, cytomegalovirus, and seasonal flu, among others. Likewise, reserving the definition of long-COVID to those cases without otherwise explainable symptoms or functional derangements still present up to 3 months after a documented SARS-CoV-2 infection and persisting for months thereafter seems reasonable.
Post-COVID or long-COVID? That is the question. Authors' reply
Lippi, Giuseppe
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2023-01-01
Abstract
Since everything coming after something else is inherently “post,” categorizing the persistence of symptoms, and even laboratory / radiologic abnormalities after recovering as post-COVID is conceptually correct, irrespective of their duration (short or long). In effect, the concept of a post-viral syndrome is not new or exclusive to COVID-19; it was described decades ago and can occur after other common viral infections, such as Epstein–Barr virus, Coxsackie viruses, Ross River virus, human herpesvirus 6, cytomegalovirus, and seasonal flu, among others. Likewise, reserving the definition of long-COVID to those cases without otherwise explainable symptoms or functional derangements still present up to 3 months after a documented SARS-CoV-2 infection and persisting for months thereafter seems reasonable.
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