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WotD: Long COVID
COVID-19 is scary enough as it is without it getting any worse.
However, the phenomenon known as Long COVID is worse.
Yes, Long COVID is a thing, but a hard and fast definition accepted worldwide is almost impossible to find.
Generally speaking, it refers to the situation when people continue to experience symptoms of COVID-19 and do not fully recover for several weeks or months after the start of their symptoms.
How long are several weeks? How severe are the symptoms? What symptoms are experienced?
From what I can ascertain from my online research, it is pretty much on a case-by-case basis.
Well, several weeks could be anywhere from three weeks to four months.
The Chinese have found that up to 75% of patients still had one or more symptoms six months after being sent home to convalesce.
The Italians found something similar: around 90% of people still felt symptoms after being sent home from the hospital.
Symptoms may be minor or require further hospitalization.
The seriousness of symptoms experienced depends on various conditions, including age, gender, race, and the presence of pre-existing conditions.
People feel different symptoms, including fatigue, brain fog, joint, chest or muscle pain, fever, and damage to the kidneys.
Long COVID is just bad.
Keep in mind I’m just like you.
I am no expert.
I attain all my information from sources I trust.
It would be best if you did the same.
NO, Facebook and Twitter are not included in my trusted sources.
So, what can we do?
Well, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, as the proverb goes.
Get vaccinated and take extra care around crowds and people you don’t know.
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
This post is understandable by someone with at least an 8th-grade education (age 13 – 14).
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