Post-Covid-19 Syndrome Archives - Covid Long Haulers News

According to an article on Prevention, several COVID-19 patients go on to suffer from a long-term disease called "post-COVID-19 syndrome." Doctors still aren't sure how or why it comes about, but right now, it seems to affect more middle-aged adults rather than older adults. According to Hackensack Meridian Health's Dr. Laurie Jacobs, many physicians have been downplaying and ignoring these long-term COVID symptoms in their patients. Jacobs, who heads the hospital's COVID Recovery Center, says this sadly only makes the suffering worse. Doctors believe that factors like excess inflammation, autoimmune responses, nervous system issues, and blood clots or blood vessel damage could be possibly leading to the syndrome. Symptoms associated in these long-haulers include fatigue, shortness of bre...

Over a dozen new medical clinics have recently opened up around the U.S., and they're likely to keep appearing. These clinics are dedicated solely to understanding, treating, and validating patients who are suffering from the after-effects of COVID-19. Known as Covid "long-haulers," these patients continue to struggle with Covid-related symptoms for weeks -- and even months -- after they've recovered from the initial virus. New York City's Catherine Busa -- a 54-year-old school secretary -- is one such long-hauler. Busa caught the novel coronavirus back in March, but she still continues to experience strange pain, changes in her sense of smell and taste, and a deep depression. Having dealt with these issues for nearly eight months, Busa was happy to visit the clinic at Jamaica Hospital...

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