CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va – Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, researchers at UVA Health are still learning about the viruses' effects and how to treat them.
Long COVID is a prolonged illness after a COVID-19 infection that can consist of multiple symptoms like fatigue, brain fog, and heart palpitations.
Between 5% and 30% of people who had COVID have experienced long covid symptoms.
“We see patients coming in who are extremely frustrated because they look fairly normal. They look not sick, but they cannot function, they cannot take care of their families, they cannot take care of their jobs, and it is incredibly frustrating,” said Dr. Alexandra Kadl, a long COVID researcher at UVA Health.
UVA Health’s long COVID clinic is currently enrolling patients in two studies on long COVID, one for patients with heart problems, and one for sleep problems.
For more information about the trials, contact the UVA Health study team at COVIDTrialsUVA@uvahealth.org and 434-243-4008 or 855-882-5334.
