Long COVID 2025: Symptoms, diagnosis, post-COVID treatments and the latest long COVID research

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What is long COVID? What are the signs of long COVID? Does getting COVID multiple times increase long COVID risk? What long COVID treatments are available? Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, Sterling Professor of Immunobiology at Yale University, discusses new long COVID research, emerging treatments for long haul COVID, and the latest from the Yale Long COVID clinic. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts. 🎥 Watch #AMAUpdate for health care news for physicians, residents and medical students: https://ama-assn.co/AMAUpdate 💜 Not a physician? Join the Patients Action Network: https://ama-assn.co/PatientsActionNetwork 🩺 The AMA is your powerful ally, focused on addressing the issues important to you, so you can focus on what matters most — patients. We will meet this challenge together. Join us: https://ama-assn.co/JoinRenew 🥼 Go to https://ama-assn.co/FightingForDocs to learn more about our AMA advocacy priorities, including: ▹ Reforming Medicare payment ▹ Fighting scope creep ▹ Fixing prior authorization ▹ Reducing physician burnout ▹ Making technology work for physicians AMA Update April 7, 2025 00:00 Post COVID syndrome: How to tell if you have long COVID? 01:10 Root causes of long term COVID: What is long COVID and why is it so complex? (Epstein-Barr virus) 01:48 Common symptoms of long covid 02:33 How many different causes of long COVID are there? 03:38 Post COVID-19 condition 04:07 Long COVID-19 symptoms: Why is diagnosing long COVID so difficult? 04:21 Internal tremors: Weird long COVID symptoms (internal vibration, POTS, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome) 05:13 Long COVID diagnosis and treatment 05:47 Can vaccines help prevent long COVID? 06:05 If I have long COVID should I get the vaccine? 06:49 How to prevent long COVID: Are there any preventive measures for long COVID? 07:08 Are there any effective treatments for long COVID? 07:50 What kind of drugs are being tested for long COVID? (drugs for long COVID, valacyclovir) 09:15 Therapeutic trials long COVID: What needs to change in long COVID clinical trials? ✶✶✶✶ 📺 Subscribe to @americanmedicalassociation on YouTube: https://ama-assn.co/youTube 🎥 Watch #AMAUpdate for health care news for physicians, residents and medical students: https://ama-assn.co/AMAUpdate 📝 Podcast episodes and YouTube transcript available: https://ama-assn.co/AMAUpdate_Transcripts 📧 Sign up for #MorningRounds and free daily newsletters from the AMA: https://ama-assn.co/Newsletters 🎧 Listen to our latest medical podcasts: https://ama-assn.co/Podcasts 💬 Follow #AMA on social media: https://ama-assn.co/Social 📓 Access the Journal of the American Medical Association #JAMA login: https://ama-assn.co/JAMA #FightingForDocs #medicine #futureofhealthcare #physicianadvocacy #healthcare #medical #science #publichealth #patientcare #medicalresearch #covid #coronavirus #COVID19 #longCOVID #longhaulCOVID #postCOVID19 #postCOVID19condition #PCC #SARSCoV2 #longCOVIDsymptoms #latentvirus #acuteinfection #herpes #EpsteinBarrVirus #tissuedamage #lungdamage #braintissue #internaltremors #internalvibrations #POTS #PosturalOrthostaticTachycardiaSyndrome #PostExertionalMalaise #hormonalimbalances #sleepdisorders #antivirals #COVIDdrugs #immunomodulators #JAKinhibitors #valacyclovir #COVIDresearch #COVIDstudy #COVIDclinicaltrials #COVIDexplained #COVIDstudy #COVIDtreatments #Paxlovid #Yale #AkikoIwasaki #IwasakiLab #AmericanMedicalAssociation