Emily Caffee News Today

CHICAGO — People with long COVID-19 who visited a Northwestern Medicine clinic were still experiencing symptoms such as headaches, dizziness, fatigue and brain fog for a median of 15 months

Researchers still don’t know precisely how many get long Covid, what causes it or how best to treat it

A study conducted by researchers at the Northwestern Medicine Neuro COVID-19 Clinic shows long-haul COVID-19 patients experience symptoms for an average of 15 months.

A new Northwestern Medicine study of 52 long haulers, who were not hospitalized and only experienced mild symptoms like cough and sore throat, found that most continued to experience neurologic symptoms, fatigue and compromised quality of life up to 18 months after initial infection. 

"I went from being a very active person to barely being able to stand without getting so acutely dizzy."

Most patients with long COVID continue to experience debilitating neurologic symptoms more than a year after infection, and surprisingly develop new symptoms that didn’t exist before.

People with long COVID-19 may experience symptoms such as headaches and brain fog for an average of 15 months after first becoming ill.

A new Northwestern Medicine study of 52 long haulers, who were not hospitalized and only experienced mild symptoms like cough and sore throat, found that most continued to experience neurologic symptoms, fatigue and compromised quality of life up to 18 months after initial infection.