Long Covid: 'I have to choose between walking and talking'

BBC ^ | 12/26/21

[eastexsteve]

Study last week said most long covid is psychosomatic.

I didn't know a psychosomatic illness could put you on a vent for two weeks. That's what happened to my sister-in-law who was the picture of health. It destroyed so much of her lung tissue that she was on the vent for an additional two weeks after she tested negative. It's been two months since she's been home from the hospital and she will never be the same.

By the way, not vaxxed either.

[Pelham]

Covid is primarily cardiovascular but it can also cause nerve damage. That is suspected to play a role in “long-hauler” syndrome, along with organ damage like your sister in law suffered. Long covid isn’t imaginary.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33941600/

An estimated 10% of COVID-19 survivors continue to experience symptoms several weeks to months after the appearance of initial symptoms, a condition termed post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC). These patients, also called “long-haulers,” most commonly report protracted symptoms of fatigue, cough, dyspnea, chest tightness, difficulty concentrating, arthralgia, olfactory dysfunction, and headache. While age, comorbid medical conditions, and COVID-19 severity are risk factors, young and previously healthy individuals with mild COVID-19 are also at risk. Recognition of symptoms, evaluation, supportive treatment, and attention to medical comorbidities are the cornerstones of medical management.

https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Current-Research/Coronavirus-and-NINDS/nervous-system#complications

Researchers are following some known acute effects of the virus to determine their relationship to the post-acute complications of COVID-19 infection. These post-acute effects usually include fatigue in combination with a series of other symptoms. These may include trouble with concentration and memory, sleep disorders, fluctuating heart rate and alternating sense of feeling hot or cold, cough, shortness of breath, problems with sleep, inability to exercise to previous normal levels, feeling sick for a day or two after exercising (post-exertional malaise), and pain in muscle, joints, and chest. It is not yet known how the infection leads to these persistent symptoms and why in some individuals and not others.

[Socon-Econ]

All sorts of diseases can have long term effects, especially on the frail; but America has, up to now, refrained from allowing them to destroy its quality of life. What’s changed?