Vaccines Could Prevent New Chronic Diseases After Covid-19

Post-Covid medical sequela includes hypertension, diabetes, heart diseases, thrombosis, mental disorders, etc.

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Most of us are familiar with long-Covid, where Covid survivors may suffer persistent symptoms — usually fatigue, breathlessness, and brain fog — for months and, sometimes, years.

But not many know that long-Covid encompasses other subtypes too. One subtype is the medical or clinical sequela (MCS), where Covid-19 survivors face higher risks of new-onset chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular and neurological diseases, which is a major public health concern given the sheer number of people who have Covid-19.

The MCS subtype of long-Covid

In my research review published in Reviews in Medical Virology, I examined the entire long-Covid literature to parse this highly heterogeneous and multifaceted condition into six subtypes:

1. Non‐severe COVID‐19 multi‐organ sequelae (NSC‐MOS)
2. Pulmonary fibrosis sequelae (PFS)
3. Myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)
4. Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS)
5. Post‐intensive care…