A groundbreaking study conducted by Queen Mary University of London and published in The Lancet's EClinicalMedicine has revealed the existence of persistent symptoms, dubbed 'long colds,' in individuals who tested negative for COVID-19 after acute respiratory infections.
The research sheds light on the phenomenon of prolonged symptoms lasting over four weeks, including coughing, stomach pain, and diarrhea, following respiratory infections that were not caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.