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A growing number of hospitals are opening up their pediatrics for long-haul treatment among children to help kids with lingering COVID-19 symptoms. The most common symptoms have been trouble breathing and fatigue lasting far past two months. Doctors are noticing that Long-Haul COVID is similar to Multisystem inflammatory syndrome and seeking ways to treat it accordingly. To read the full article Click Here

Survivors with mild cases of COVID-19 are seen to suffer from Post-COVID Syndrome. An estimate of 10% of survivors will become “long-haulers”. Researchers estimate that is 20,000 Americans every month. It is seen that average Post-COVID patients are in their early 40’s and previously healthy before getting sick and battling extreme fatigue and aches. These patients are unable to get back to work, school and essentially their lives. To read the full article Click Here

Brain disorders are becoming a lingering symptom weeks and months after being diagnosed with COVID-19. Stanford’s doctor Grace Lee discovered that 1 out of 3 coronavirus survivors are dealing with serious neurological symptoms. To read the full article, Click Here

A study in Stockholm showed fifteen percent of healthcare workers who recovered from mild cases of COVID-19 reported having at least one severe symptom interrupting their professional and work life as far past 8 months. 323 participants who were positive with mild illness reported 26% had a symptom lasting at least two months while 15% reported having one to two severe symptoms lasting for 8 months or more.  The most common symptoms lasting longer than 2 months included fatigue, lost of smell or taste and shortness of breath. To read the full article, Click Here

The National Institutes of Health Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are funding studies to see the symptoms and long-term effects that COVID-19 is having on patients.  Some studies show symptoms persist up to 50% of the cases that they have witnessed and out of that percentage only 2.5% of people have symptoms that persist far past 12 weeks. Now there are more than 30 million people that contracted COVID-19 and the perspective of these findings show that three-quarters of a million people are potentially dealing with long-haul symptoms. One thing is for sure, treatment is individualized. Depending on the patient treatments vary from respiratory, fatigue and managing mental health. For many people overcoming COVID-19 will be a prolonged recovery. To read the full articl...

AMA COVID-19 resource center created an approach to treating long-haulers to give hope for those still suffering from symptoms in New Jersey and across the nation.  Doctors found that patients were experiencing many different symptoms caused by COVID-19 as well as symptoms that targeted various organs. Dr. Sheris along with others from AMA developed a “soft landing” location patients to be evaluated and treated for symptoms.  Idividuals can come in or call in to describe symptoms and get evaluated to see what specific specialist is needed let alone the type of treatment or therapies is needed to get better. To read the full article, Click Here

Healthcare providers are seeing an increase in people suffering from long-haul symptoms of COVID-19. Evidence in this is still anecdotal, many feel that the vaccination for COVID-19 is improving these symptoms: ·      Coughs ·      Aches ·      Brain fog Evidence from NPR article includes 40% of 577 long-haul patients contracted by Survivor Corp Organization is reporting an improvement after receiving vaccinations.  Daniel Griffin of Columbia University reported that 23% of long-haul patients saw an increase in symptom resolution over the course of 3-6 weeks. It’s still too early to get ahead of ourselves to see if the vaccine takes out the virus, but there are numerous theories a...