Abstract:
The longevity of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has necessitated continued discussion about the long-term impacts of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Many who develop an acute COVID-19 infection will later face a constellation of enduring symptoms of varying severity, otherwise known as long COVID. As the pandemic reaches its inevitable endemicity, the long COVID patient population will undoubtedly grow and require improved recognition and management. The case presented describes the three-year arc of a previously healthy 26-year-old female medical student from initial infection and induction of long COVID symptomology to near-total remission of the disease. In doing so, the course of this unique post-viral illness and the trials and errors of myriad treatment options will be chronologized, thereby contributing to the continued demand for understanding this mystifying disease.
Source: Thor DC, Suarez S. Corona With Lyme: A Long COVID Case Study. Cureus. 2023 Mar 24;15(3):e36624. doi: 10.7759/cureus.36624. PMID: 37155451; PMCID: PMC10122830. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10122830/ (Full text)