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. 2021 Nov;46(6):428–436. doi: 10.30476/ijms.2021.92080.2326

Table 2.

The severity of the reported symptoms/complaints of long COVID syndrome

Clinical Manifestations Mild and Tolerable n (%) Moderate n(%) Severe and Incapacitating n (%) Missing data
Weakness 552 (67%) 179 (22%) 89 (11%) 15
Muscle pain 551 (65%) 191 (23%) 106 (12%) 11
Joint pain 447 (57%) 228 (29%) 110 (14%) 13
Fatigue 900 (67%) 316 (24%) 117 (9%) 12
Sleep difficulty 397 (56%) 192 (27%) 117 (17%) 10
Shortness of breath 646 (71%) 194 (22%) 66 (7%) 12
Chest pain 346 (73%) 111 (23%) 20 (4%) 10
Palpitation 328 (70%) 107 (23%) 31 (7%) 10
Cough 312 (77%) 74 (18%) 22 (5%) 13
Excess sputum 192 (66%) 71 (24%) 29 (10%) 11
Loss of smell 135 (63%) 43 (20%) 37 (17%) 11
Loss of taste 75 (57%) 38 (29%) 18 (14%) 13
Sore throat 171 (86%) 25 (13%) 2 (1%) 12
Headache 327 (63%) 133 (25%) 62 (12%) 14
Dizziness 251 (76%) 56 (17%) 22 (7%) 14
Brain fog 306 (64%) 129 (27%) 45 (9%) 18
Excess sweating 205 (54%) 114 (30%) 62 (16%) 19
Exercise intolerance 600 (55%) 321 (29%) 169 (16%) 12
Walking intolerance 469 (53%) 271 (30%) 153 (17%) 23
Diarrhea 88 (79%) 16 (14%) 8 (7%) 26
Abdominal pain 97 (67%) 33 (23%) 14 (10%) 22
Anorexia 107 (64%) 43 (26%) 18 (10%) 23

1766 patients did not have long COVID syndrome