COVID-19 illness
This learning bite will introduce you to the mechanisms of COVID-19 illness and common terminology used when defining post-COVID illness.
Learning outcomes
On completion of this learning bite, you will be able to:
- Define the virus that causes COVID-19 illness.
- Describe how the virus enters the body.
- Identify how the virus replicates within the body.
- Explain why COVID-19 causes widespread symptoms across many different bodily systems.
- Demonstrate an awareness of common terminology used concerning persistent post COVID symptoms, including long COVID.
- Illustrate an awareness of the current World Health Organisation (WHO) clinical case definition of post COVID conditions.
- Know where to access further information in current NICE and SIGN clinical guidelines for long COVID.
Slide pack
COVID-19 Illness
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The slide deck learning bite will introduce you to the mechanisms of COVID-19 illness and common terminology used when defining post-COVID illness.
Additional resources
Websites
NHS Inform Coronavirus (COVID-19) website
Self-management information for individuals experiencing ongoing symptoms after COVID-19 infection.
NHS England Your COVID recovery
Self-management information for individuals experiencing ongoing symptoms after COVID-19 infection.
C-19 YRS.me
A self-management platform with excellent content produced by the Long COVID Rehab Team at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust, Salford NHS Trust and the Northern Care Alliance NHS Trust. The site contains symptom advice for the most common symptoms of Long COVID.