Transitional Changes in Fatigue-Related Symptoms Due to Long COVID: A Single-Center Retrospective Observational Study in Japan

• Published in: Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) Vol. 58; no. 10; p. 1393
• Main Authors: Nakano, Yasuhiro, Otsuka, Yuki, Honda, Hiroyuki, Sunada, Naruhiko, Tokumasu, Kazuki, Sakurada, Yasue, Matsuda, Yui, Hasegawa, Toru, Ochi, Kanako, Hagiya, Hideharu, Kataoka, Hitomi, Ueda, Keigo, Otsuka, Fumio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 05.10.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: and post COVID-19 condition; Body mass index; Causes of; Comparative analysis; Coronaviruses; COVID-19 - complications; COVID-19 vaccines; dysgeusia; dysosmia; Dyspnea; Fatigue; Fatigue - epidemiology; Fatigue - etiology; Hair loss; Humans; Immunization; Infections; Insomnia; Japan - epidemiology; Long COVID; Medical records; myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome; Observational studies; Omicron variant; Pandemics; SARS-CoV-2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Taste disorders; Japan; Omicron variant; and post COVID-19 condition; dysosmia; dysgeusia; myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome

Background and Objectives: Changes in post COVID-19 condition (PCC) characteristics caused by viral variants have yet to be clarified. We aimed to characterize the differences between clinical backgrounds and manifestations in long COVID patients who were infected with the Delta variant and those wh...