# @nbcnewyork on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=LAx0Po-317c
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/73185367-nbcnewyork-youtube
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- **Posted:** 2022-03-21T20:15:01.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NBC New York (@nbcnewyork) — https://gondola.cc/nbcnewyork

## Caption

Over two years into the coronavirus pandemic, millions of patients around the globe are suffering from the lingering symptoms of long COVID, while doctors still search to find answers for treatment.

Long COVID, known as post-acute sequelae of COVID-19, is a wide range of complications after a patient has recovered from an initial infection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

The average duration of a COVID-19 infection can be anywhere from two to fourteen days, and it is normal to feel some continuing after-effects weeks later from any virus. 

While there is no standardized test for diagnosing long-haul COVID, experts say the condition can occur months after recovering from the onset of symptoms.

"So much of the focus up until now has been on the actual infection and preventing the infection, but now we have a new public health dilemma on our hands. I would argue an even bigger public health dilemma -- all the people who recover but are not the same," Dr. Purvi Parikh of the Allergy & Asthma Network told NBC New York.

NBC New York's Linda Gaudino reports.

This story is part of the series "Living with Coronavirus For the Long Haul," following long COVID experts and patients during the two-year pandemic anniversary.

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