Rheumatic Complications of COVID-19 From the College | May 21, 2025 Almost five years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the reverberations of this global scourge continue to be felt across the world of medicine. In the field of rheumatology, researchers are hard at work identifying long-term complications and new clinical entities linked to COVID-19 infection in patients with rheumatic disease. Read the full article. Which of the following is not a possible long-term complication of COVID-19 in patients with rheumatic disease? Bone loss Onset of arthritis Increased risk of antiphospholipid syndrome Brain fog None Time's up