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[quote=Anonymous]I think it's dumb to categorize all these symptoms as "long Covid" at this point. I think in the long run this will actually make it harder for people to get the necessary medical treatment they need.

Researchers should continue to study how severe cases of Covid impact people after they recover, this seems to be a really important area of research, especially since we still see severe cases even in vaccinated patients.

But for people with mild Covid cases, why is it important to diagnose them with long Covid if they have, say, fatigue and anxiety 9 months later. Why not just diagnose them with anxiety, a common and treatable condition with a clear course of treatment, and keep an eye on the fatigue. Which might improve as the anxiety gets treated, or, if it persist, could be a symptom of something else. You know, exactly the way your supposed to treat these symptoms? Maybe it's related to their Covid, maybe not. It's possible that getting Covid during the Covid pandemic is, in itself, stressful enough to cause anxiety, depression, and fatigue. Let's just treat it.

I'm just not sure what we gain in acting like people with mild cases of Covid are all getting a mystery grab-bag illness with a wide and variable set of symptoms, many of which are incredibly common in general. How does this help people get medical treatment they need? How does it help us understand Covid? I feel like it has the opposite effect, of making people dismissive of real symptoms because they are being ascribed to this conceptual illness that may or may not even exist. Just treat the symptoms. [/quote]

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