Symptoms of the post-covid syndrome can appear even a few months after the illness, Antonina Ploskireva, deputy DIRECTOR for clinical work of the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor, told RIA Novosti.
“According to a systematic review published in June 2021, post-COVID syndrome develops from three to 24 weeks after the acute phase or hospital discharge. Most often, the symptoms of post-COVID syndrome are observed after four weeks, ”she said.
The expert clarified that in people who have had CORONAVIRUS in an asymptomatic form, post-covid syndrome may appear in a month.
Protsenko called signs of "long COVID-19" Society
The signs of the post-covid syndrome were previously named by Denis Protsenko, HEAD physician of the hospital in Kommunarka. According to him, “long COVID” is characterized by cognitive dysfunction, forgetfulness, fatigue, irritability and the appearance of panic attacks. Patients with post-COVID syndrome cannot return to the quality of life they had before the disease for two or more months, the head physician noted.