Post -infectious asthenia in the era of new coronavirus infection: approaches to drug correction

Authors:
E.Yu. Ebzeeva, O.D. Ostroumova

Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Additional Professional Education "Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education" of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Place of publication:
New therapeutic journal Non Nocera, December, 2020

Resume:
asthenia (Greek “powerlessness”, “lack of strength”)-a protective-compensator reaction of the body to any state that threatens the exhaustion of energy resources, and by definition in ICD-10-“a constant sensation and/or complaints about a sense of general weakness, increased fatigue (with any type of load), as well as a decrease in working capacity in combination with 2 or more of the following complaints: muscle pain; headaches of tension; dizziness; sleep disturbances; dyspepsia; inability to relax; irritability".

Clinical manifestations of asthenic syndrome (AS) can be divided into:

• physical (muscle weakness, fatigue, exhaustion);

• emotional-psychological (emotional lability, irritability, a sense of internal tension, lowered mood background, apathetic);

• cognitive (decrease in mental performance, memory, concentration of attention);

• Sleep disorders (insomnia, drowsiness).