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A Practical Primary Care Guide to Assessing and Managing Long COVID

  • By

  • Anita Chopra

  • Hector F. Bonilla

  • Abby L. Cheng

  • October 9, 2026

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    Long COVID may be considered when new or worsened symptoms after confirmed or suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection persist beyond 3 months.

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    Fatigue, post-exertional malaise, cognitive impairment, and lightheadedness or orthostasis are among the most commonly reported Long COVID symptoms.

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    Long COVID can present in symptom clusters that include fatigue and post-exertional malaise, dysautonomia, and cognitive impairment.

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    Suspected mechanisms include persistent viral reservoirs, immune dysregulation, gut dysbiosis, mitochondrial dysfunction, and microvascular clotting.

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    The review presents a primary care framework for recognizing Long COVID, conducting focused evaluation, counseling patients, initiating symptom-based management, and considering specialty referral.

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Long COVID in Primary Care: A Practical Approach to Evaluation and Management

  • by Anita Chopra, Hector F. Bonilla, Abby L. Cheng

  • October 9, 2026

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