Post Covid-19 Fatigue Syndrome

Abstract

Fatigue is an often-reported symptom in individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. Early reports on the clinical characteristics of COVID-19 patients mentioned fatigue as a common complaint among many of them.  The purpose of this study was to assess both mental and physical fatigue. in patients recovered from COVID-19 and to study whether the severity can predict the possibility of developing Post COVID-19 fatigue for long time. A clinical retrospective study conducted in post Covid-19 fatigue syndrome by Clinical evaluation of fatigue was conducted using a questioning form in Iraq, on 22 February 2022 on patients between 18 - 59 years old to see the incidence of the     fatigue syndrome in patients recovered from COVID-19. Post COVID-19 fatigue syndrome was 82% of the patients recovered from COVID- 19 in this study, the symptoms between malaise 59.7%, hair loss 41.7 %, cognition    impairment 25 % and loss of appetite 50 % in these patients. The incidence rate of post covid-19 fatigue syndrome was 82% which considered as high rate of incidence compared to the number of patients who took part in this study.