POST-COVID-19 SYNDROME

Beyond the shadow of any doubt, infection of post-COVID-19 syndrome is challenging both physically and mentally. From causing chronic fatigue syndrome to brain fog, the reappearance of COVID-19 symptoms could pose serious health complications. The potential mechanisms involved in the pathophysiology of post-COVID-19 syndrome include expected sequelae of post-critical illness, inflammatory damage as a result of immunologic aberrations, and virus-specific pathophysiologic changes, resulting in the worsening of psychiatric, cognitive, and physical abnormalities. This review explains all the reported information about post-COVID-19 syndrome, its pathophysiology, and severe to moderate symptoms. The best way to prevent this syndrome is to protect oneself from the COVID-19 infection by adopting preventive measures and practicing social distancing as prevention is better than cure. Recovery is slow, the convalescence period is prolonged and to make it worse, its symptoms could have a huge downstream effect on the quality of life of an individual impacting their personal, social and professional life. Studies and researches related to Post COVID-19 Syndrome are underway worldwide to elucidate its clinical manifestation and pathogenesis. Hopefully, the world will be able to tackle it more properly in the coming days. Keywords: COVID-19, Syndrome, Pathophysiology, physically, mentally