{"id":71323,"date":"2024-06-12T13:43:47","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T13:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/12\/long-covid-finally-gets-a-universal-definition\/"},"modified":"2024-06-12T13:43:47","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T13:43:47","slug":"long-covid-finally-gets-a-universal-definition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/12\/long-covid-finally-gets-a-universal-definition\/","title":{"rendered":"Long COVID finally gets a universal definition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A sweeping new definition of long COVID could help affected people get recognition of their condition and improve diagnosis and treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine announced the definition for long COVID<\/a> June 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previous definitions of long COVID have been all over the map<\/a>, each with its own set of accepted symptoms, timelines and requirements for proof of infection (SN: 7\/29\/22<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That lack of standardization \u201cleft many patients in the lurch without clear ability to be recognized for the condition that they had, with difficulty explaining to family and even to their caregivers,\u201d says Harvey Fineberg, a public health expert who chaired the committee that drafted the definition. \u201cWe heard from literally hundreds of people experiencing long COVID about the challenges that they had in being heard, in gaining access to care and obtaining the care they needed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n