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Long Covid, a new worry for doctors
Updated On: 01 November, 2022 08:02 AM IST | Mumbai | Suraj Pandey
Increasing number of patients with post-Covid complications are being seen; though numbers are low, medicos advise strict follow-ups and surveillance
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Cases of long Covid-19 appear to be rising in the city, with doctors reporting an increase in patients with complaints of brain fog, high blood sugar levels, heart troubles, weakness and headaches. This has worried the state Covid Task Force, which last week asked doctors to follow up with such patients as well as note the coronavirus history of everyone coming with any of these complaints.
Dr Farah Ingale, director-internal medicine at Fortis Hiranandani Hospital, Vashi, said, “I have seen over 100 patients with several health issues after recovering from Covid-19—arrhythmia [a condition in which the heart beats in an irregular or abnormal rhythm], fatigue, high blood sugar levels, brain fog, lack of sleep and anxiety. If patients come in with these symptoms, we enquire about their Covid-19 history.”
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