Abstract

MORALES, Aida Gabriela Acosta  and  HERRERA, Fernando Vladimir Espinosa. Sequelae of COVID-19, a public health challenge: Literature review. Vive Rev. Salud [online]. 2022, vol.5, n.15, pp.889-908.  Epub Dec 21, 2022. ISSN 2664-3243.  https://doi.org/10.33996/revistavive.v5i15.196.

SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infection was declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020, this disease emerged in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, when a group of people presented with pneumonia of unknown cause. Transmission of the coronavirus occurs through the airborne route via respiratory droplets and the incubation period lasts approximately 5 days. The most common symptoms are fever, dry or productive cough, shortness of breath, fatigue, myalgia, nausea/vomiting or diarrhea, headache, weakness, rhinorrhea, anosmia or ageusia/dysgeusia. The virus leaves multi-organ sequelae and neuropsychiatric disorders. Objective. The objective of the review is to identify medical and emotional disorders as a consequence of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Methodology. Through searches in Tripdatabase, PubMED, Medscape, Cochrane Database, Google Scholar, repositories of clinical guidelines and official pages of the Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization and Ministry of Public Health of Ecuador for articles on post-COVID-19 sequelae. Conclusion. It is evident that COVID-19 infection generates multiple sequelae among the most prevalent are: amnesia, inattention, headache, delirium and mania, lymphopenia, dyspnea and fatigue so it is important to recognize the performance of health personnel in primary care and follow up to identify problems in patients who suffered coronavirus infection in order to guide their treatment.

Keywords : Pandemics; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Effects.

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