U Magazine: "The Long Haul" (Spring 2021)
Searching for answers to what has become known as “long COVID.”
Dr. Elmore is profiled along with other UCLA scientists and a UCLA Health patient who are working to understand how long COVID affects anyone from a young individual with a mild case of COVID-19 to someone hospitalized with a severe case of COVID-19.
“We don’t yet know how common it is for individuals to experience long-term health issues after COVID-19 infection, which makes it harder to look out for specific signs and symptoms,” Dr. Elmore says.
...But, Dr. Elmore says, ongoing symptoms also are showing up in patients who are young and otherwise healthy and have had only mild cases of COVID-19. “I have to admit, as a physician, that scares me,” she says. “If we want to be able to prevent and treat long-haul symptoms, we need more data.”
Cohen S. The Long Haul. U Magazine. Spring 2021.
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