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...
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Imagine battling the effects of COVID-19 for a year. That's what one local woman has experienced. She's known as a COVID long-hauler -- someone who continues to experience symptoms months after getting the virus. Dona Murphey, 41, had COVID-19 in late ...
Those patients who reported Long COVID symptoms affecting theirheart,lungs, brain and muscles were twice as likely to still have coronavirus proteins circulating in their blood months after their initial infection, researchers found. About 43% of people with Long COVID symptoms affecting at least th...
Long COVID encompasses up to200 different symptoms. To determine evidence-based treatments for these symptoms, we need to understand the causes. One factor that may be associated with long COVID is that the virus hasn't fully cleared from the body after the initialinfection. We know from othe...
A post-infectious cough is a lingering cough from an upper respiratory infection, like the common cold or flu, that persists for up to eight weeks after the infection has otherwise cleared. The goal of treatment for a lingering cough is to ease symptoms while you recover. Cough suppressants,...
With over 2 million cases in the U.S. since the coronavirus pandemic began in late December, there are now many people who have recovered from COVID-19. At the same, there have been reports of people who continue to have long-term side effects from the i
At first covid-19 felt like a bad case of flu: a dry cough, fever, shortness of breath, loss of smell, “horrendous nausea” and general fatigue. After three weeks of rest, things started to improve. Five months later, she has still not recovered. Sometimes her symptoms ease for a ...
Understanding risk factors and signs and symptoms of long-term consequences after recovery from COVID-19 will allow for proper follow-up and management of the disease post recovery.doi:10.1002/rmv.2289Rev Med VirolReviews in medical virology
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. ...
mid-20s. At first covid-19 felt like a bad case of flu: a dry cough, fever, shortness of breath, loss of smell, “horrendous nausea” and general fatigue. After three weeks of rest, things started to improve. Five months later, she has still not recovered. Sometimes her symptoms ...