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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCovid-19 patients who have symptoms for MONTHS
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/15/weird-hell-professor-advent-calendar-covid-19-symptoms-paul-garner... There is growing evidence that the virus causes a far greater array of symptoms than was previously understood. And that its effects can be agonisingly prolonged: in Garners case for more than seven weeks. The professor at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine says his experience of Covid-19 featured a new and disturbing symptom every day, akin to an advent calendar.
He had a muggy head, upset stomach, tinnitus, pins and needles, breathlessness, dizziness and arthritis in the hands. Each time Garner thought he was getting better the illness roared back. It was a sort of virus snakes and ladders. Its deeply frustrating. A lot of people start doubting themselves, he says. Their partners wonder if there is something psychologically wrong with them.
Since his piece was published, Garner has received emails and tearful phone calls from grateful readers who thought they were going mad. Im a public health person, he says. The virus is certainly causing lots of immunological changes in the body, lots of strange pathology that we dont yet understand. This is a novel disease. And an outrageous one. The textbooks havent been written.
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Covid-19 patients who have symptoms for MONTHS (Original Post)
Buckeye_Democrat
May 2020
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SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)1. K&R!
stillcool
(32,626 posts)2. 'the text books haven't been written'
Sometimes I forget that we've never passed this way before.
Skittles
(153,169 posts)3. so it sounds like
taking every freaking precaution we possibly can to stop from getting the virus is PRUDENT ADVICE INDEED
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,855 posts)4. Yep.
There's more details in The Guardian article that I didn't include in the summary.
And here's an evidence-based article by a biology professor about how it's typically transmitted:
https://www.erinbromage.com/post/the-risks-know-them-avoid-them
gristy
(10,667 posts)7. Excellent. That answered many of my questions and confirmed many of my suppositions
Thank you!!
Mariana
(14,858 posts)5. My cousin is going through this.
He was tested one month ago, after being sick for two weeks with typical fever, cough and fatigue. He says he's still having problems with shortness of breath and asthma-like attacks. So, he's been sick for six weeks with no end in sight. He's 44 and he was healthy.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,855 posts)6. I'm sorry.
What a nightmare.