New research suggests that those infected more than once have an increased risk of developing long COVID and other health problems compared to those infected just once. But parsing out the extent of these risks – particularly with newer variants – is more complicated.
We are definitely seeing a lot of patients who, when they get reinfected, have worsening post-COVID issues, said pulmonologist Alexander Truong, MD, from Emory University School of Medicine.
Two-and-a-half years after long COVID-19 sufferers coined the term, experts are still trying to wrap their brains around this variable and complex syndrome.What needs to be done to move the needle?The growing body of work on long COVID-19 is hampered by a lack of consistent definitions, data and study designs.“Different health agencies have provided various clinical