Since the community outbreak of COVID-19 that started last October, the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. has not seen what\u2019s being called \u201clong COVID,\u201d which means patients suffering from the after-effects of the infection long after they are first infected.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have not seen long COVID, although it has only been three months since our outbreak,\u201d said CHCC chief medical officer Dr. John Tudela, responding to an inquiry by Saipan Tribune yesterday. \u201cOver time with more cases, [long COVID] may be more apparent as more people suffer with lingering symptoms for six months to one year later.\u201d<\/p>\n
Also known as long-haul COVID, post-acute COVID-19, long-term effects of COVID, or chronic COVID, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines \u201cpost-COVID conditions\u201d as a \u201cwide range of new, returning, or ongoing health problems people can experience four or more weeks after first being infected with the virus that causes COVID-19.\u201d <\/p>\n
CDC also said that even those who did not have COVID-19 symptoms in the days or weeks after they were infected can have \u201cpost-COVID conditions.\u201d <\/p>\n
Information about long COVID can be found on the CDC website at https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/long-term-effects\/index.html. <\/p>\n
Tudela also said yesterday that the CNMI had one case of MIS-C, multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. Tudela said that MIS-C is \u201ckind of a delayed onset reaction to COVID-19 infection in children,\u201d and described this as a rare occurrence. \u201cWe had only one so far and it is rare,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Last month, the Governor\u2019s COVID-19 Task Force and CHCC reported that they confirmed the CNMI\u2019s first case of MIS-C in a \u201cCOVID-19 Update\u201d published on Jan. 12. <\/p>\n
It was reported that MIS-C is a \u201crare but serious condition associated with COVID-19, in which different body parts become inflamed, including the heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, skin, eyes, or gastrointestinal organs, and can affect children or adults.\u201d <\/p>\n
The patient tested positive for COVID-19 in December 2021 and reported symptoms in January 2022, said CHCC. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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