The most common long-term health consequences of COVID-19 are:

  • tiredness, exhaustion and limited resilience
  • headaches
  • breathing difficulties
  • smell and taste disorders
  • muscle weakness and pain
  • concentration and memory problems
  • depressive moods, and sleep and anxiety disorders
  • hair loss
  • chest pain, palpitations or irregular heartbeat, i.e. self-perceived increased or accelerated heartbeats or even extra beats
  • myocarditis (heart muscle inflammation)
  • kidney and metabolic diseases such as diabetes mellitus and thromboembolism (blockage of a blood vessel by a blood clot)