Dr. Jennifer Ross, acting professor of medicine, infectious diseases, and global health at University of Washington School of Medicine, says it’s very common for patients who were hospitalized for COVID-19 to have lingering symptoms, in some cases for months after their illness. “Some patients...
Here I offer a summary of what is known today about recovering from COVID-19—and where there are important gaps in our knowledge. Much of this information, which has been gleaned from studies that began after the 2003 SARS outbreak, is important for those recovering and their family and f...
A new preliminary study contradicts the perception that lingering COVID-19 symptoms mostly affect middle-aged adults, with evidence that a majority of young adults also experience chest pain, breathing difficulty, headaches, diarrhea, loss of smell or taste and other complications for weeks after dia...
Lingering coughs often happen with uper respiratory tract infections. These types of infections occur anywhere within the nose, sinuses, throat (pharynx), or voicebox (larynx). Symptoms generally last seven to 14 days and may include fever, cough, sore throat, stuffy/runny nose, sneezing, headach...
One NBA athletic training official of a team inside the bubble pointed out that if a player who tests positive shows symptoms, they almost certainly wouldn't be able to do any training or rehab work that would enable them to play immediately after two weeks or however long they might be ou...
However, we still have limited data on long-term effects and lingering symptoms of post COVID-19 recovery. Despite predilection of COVID-19 for lungs, multiple extra-pulmonary manifestations appear in multiple organs and biological systems and with continued infection and recovery worldwide. It is...
that 30-50% of patients hospitalised with covid-19 have significant symptoms six to eight weeks after they have been discharged. That number rises further for patients who were admitted to an ICU. But even those who escaped with a mild illness, like Laura, are at risk. More than 10% of...
Many people coping withCOVID-19symptoms long after their infection say they are terrified of getting the COVID-19 vaccine, worried that the shot meant to protect them will make the debilitating symptoms worse. But some patients are actually reporting the opposite after their shots. ...
Severity of the illness is one predictor of lasting problems. Ian Hall, the director of the Biomedical Research Centre at the University of Nottingham, reckons that 30-50% of patients hospitalised withcovid-19have significant symptoms six to eight weeks after they have been discharged. That numb...
Severity of the illness is one predictor of lasting problems. Ian Hall, the director of the Biomedical Research Centre at the University of Nottingham, reckons that 30-50% of patients hospitalised with covid-19 have significant symptoms six to eight weeks after they have been discharged. That ...