[4] A typical sequela is a chronic complication of an acute condition—in other words, a long-term effect of a temporary disease or injury—which follows immediately from the condition.
Sequelae of traumatic brain injury include headache, dizziness, anxiety, apathy, depression, aggression, cognitive impairments, personality changes, mania, and psychosis.
[7] These most commonly reported sequelae include fatigue, shortness of breath, chest pain, loss of smell, and brain fog; symptoms drastically range, from mild illness to severe impairment.
[citation needed] The phrase status post, abbreviated in writing as s/p, is used to discuss sequelae with reference to their cause.
[citation needed] Rheumatic fever is a non-suppurative sequela of a primary infection of group A Streptococcus bacteria.