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For COVID-19 survivors, defeating the virus is just the beginning of a long road to recovery. The inducibility and catastrophic effects of the virus are distributed across multiple organs. The induction of cytokine storms in COVID-19 patients is due to the interaction of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the host receptor, leading to various immunopathological consequences that may eventually lead to death. So far, COVID-19 has affected tons of people across the world, but there is still no effective treatment. Patients facing complications of COVID-19 after recovery have shown extensive clinical symptoms similar to that of patients recovering from previously circulating coronaviruses. Previous knowledge and literature have opened up ways to treat this disease and manage post-COVID-19 complications, which pose a severe challenge to the health system globally and may exacerbate the fragmentation of diseases. The use of steroids as a treatment has resulted in various health problems and side-effects in COVID-19 patients. This review discusses various post-COVID-19 complications observed and adjunctive therapies used along with common COVID-19 treatment and spotlights their side effects and consequences. This review provides the latest literature on COVID-19, which emphasizes the subsequent complications in various organs, side effects of drugs, and alternative regimens used to treat COVID-19. Key words: COVID-19, cytokine storm, post-COVID-19 complications, corticosteroids, immunotherapy. Pour les survivants de la COVID-19, vaincre le virus n'est que le debut d'un long chemin vers la guerison. L'inductibilite virale et les effets catastrophiques qui en decoulent sont dissemines dans plusieurs organes. L'induction de tempetes de cytokines chez les patients atteints de COVID-19 est due a l'interaction entre le virus SRAS-CoV-2 et le recepteur de l'hote, entrainant diverses consequences immunopathologiques, susceptibles de mener ultimement a la mort. Jusqu'a present, le virus a frappe des millions de personnes partout dans le monde, mais il n'existe toujours pas de traitement efficace. Les patients qui presentent des complications de la COVID-19 apres leur convalescence ont manifeste de nombreux symptomes cliniques semblables a ceux provoques par d'autres coronavirus ayant circule auparavant. Les connaissances anterieures et la litterature ont ouvert une fenetre sur des moyens de traiter la COVID-19 et de prendre en charge les complications qui surviennent apres l'infection, lesquelles posent un grave probleme pour le systeme de sante mondial et ont le potentiel de multiplier les declinaisons de la maladie. L'utilisation de stero'ides comme traitement a revele divers problemes de sante et effets secondaires chez les patients atteints de la COVID-19. Cette revue de litterature dresse un portrait detaille des diverses complications post-COVID-19 observees et des traitements adjuvants utilises en association avec les medicaments couramment employes pour traiter la COVID-19, et met en evidence leurs effets secondaires et leurs consequences. L'article offre une synthese de la plus recente litterature sur la COVID-19, qui se concentre sur les complications subsequentes touchant divers organes, les effets secondaires des medicaments et les autres traitements qui ont ete utilises contre cette maladie. [Traduit par la Redaction] Mots-cles: COVID-19, tempete de cytokines, complications post-COVID-19, corticostero'ides, immunotherapie., 1. Introduction The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the cause of the pandemic due to its transmissibility and lethality worldwide. It has drastically impacted the world's healthcare system and economies. [...]