Long-Haul COVID-19 Symptoms May Appear in This Order

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Many people report waves of symptoms after having COVID-19. Al Seib/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images
  • COVID-19 long-haulers may experience symptoms such as fatigue, body aches, shortness of breath, difficulty concentrating, headache, and loss of taste or smell.
  • A new poll finds that there may be a specific order for long-term COVID-19 symptoms.
  • The first symptoms to emerge are often flu-like: fatigue, headache, fever, and chills.

For some people, COVID-19, no matter its severity, is a one-and-done event, with symptoms clearing up within 2 to 6 weeks of infection with the coronavirus.

For others, the initial illness can be just the beginning of an extended period of complications, sometimes even for people who were only mildly ill due to the infection.

Such symptoms may come in waves, cropping up at regular intervals, newly compiled data suggests.

COVID-19 long-haulers may experience symptoms such as fatigue, body aches, shortness of breath, difficulty concentrating, headache, loss of taste or smell, or other problems long after the coronavirus has left the body, according to the World Health Organization.

Source: healthline