Dr. Fauci has just warned you that you could have this serious disease of Covid
Many people "still have a persistence of symptoms that can come out several months."
This morning on theSee today,Dr. Anthony Fauci, the Chief Medical Officer of the President and Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,spokeWith Host Savannah Guthrie about Long Covid, or more specifically post-acute SARS-COV-2 (Peak), or long transport syndrome. "We do a big study ... We asked for about $ 1.15 billion to review that with various cohorts," said Fuci. "What is a certain percentage of people - we do not know exactly, from 25 to 30% of people - when they clean the virus and a so-called virologically free, they still have the persistence of symptoms that can go out for several months. " Dr. Fuci listed the key symptoms of PASC-LOCK ON, and to ensure your health and health of others, do not miss these Without signs that you have already had coronavirus.
You can feel extreme fatigue
If you have Long Covid, your fatigue can be extreme, says Dr. Fauci. This is not ordinary drowsiness after a long day. It is actually "very suggestive" of myalgic encephalomy / chronic fatigue syndrome (ME / CFS), he says. Of this disease, says the CDC: you will have a "strongly lowered capacity to do usual activities before the disease ... .PEOPLE with me / CFS has a very different fatigue to just be tired. The fatigue of me / CFS:
- Can be severe.
- Is not the result of an unusually difficult activity.
- Is not relieved by sleep or rest.
- Was not a problem before becoming sick (no life). "
You can have muscle pain
Known as "myalgia", says Dr. Fauci says muscle pain and pain can be a common sign you have picked. The virus disrupts all parts of your body. In December, Fauci brought together "experts from all these cardiovascular, pulmonary, immunological, neurological, immunological and pediatric zones, in order to set up the types of things we should consider with this confusing syndrome."
You can have temperature dysregulation
People suffering from PASC can see temperature fluxes - one day fever, which has become the next. "Medical and neurological problems that interfere with the flow of sensory information and / or the driving output reduce the capacity of the system to evaluate and mount a response to changes in temperature", declares areport. "In addition, direct damage to the hypothalamus controller can cause a dysregulation of temperature control."
You can have sleep disorders
Long carriers have all insomnia to live dreams and nightmares - not to mention the pain of other symptoms, which will only exacerbate the general condition. In a socket 22, a good night's sleep can help make picks more tolerable, but way makes a good night's sleep sometimes impossible.
You can have a brain fog
"... who really means that they have difficulty concentrating or focusing," says Dr. Faisci. "It's something we need to look very carefully and we are." "Patients often say they have" brain fog "to describe this problem because they feel" stuck in a fog "and can not think clearly," says theCDC.
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What if you feel these symptoms
AtWhite House Response Team Covid-19 Briefing, Fauci said he hoped that existing treatments could be applied to PASC, but at the moment there is no cure. You must understand a disease before he cautioned it, he said. Talk to your professional from your medicine about Long Covid, and if they do not know what it is, educate them or find someone who does it. And protecting your life and the lives of others, do not visit these35 places you are most likely to catch Covid.
