An estimated 1.1 million people in the UK experience coronavirus symptoms more than four weeks after their first suspected infection – that’s one in five people who tested positive for the disease. Long Covid (formerly known as a post-Covid syndrome) can cause groups of symptoms such as post-viral fatigue, fluctuating multi-system symptoms, lasting organ damage and post-intensive care symptoms, but what exactly does that look like? Express.co.uk reveals the top 14 symptoms of long covid.
Covid is bad enough for one to two weeks of infection and recovery, but more severe cases can hang in for months in the form of long Covid.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) defines long Covid as lasting more than 12 weeks but other experts say it can last around eight weeks.
Even if you’ve been given the all-clear to finish isolation and you’re testing negative, you may still feel extremely unwell.
Professor Tim Spector, of King’s College London has said: “These people may be going back to work and not performing at the top of their game
“There is a whole…