5 signs that you have caught chronic coronavirus
Some people are recovering from coronavirus - but their symptoms do not disappear.
During the pandemic, the coronavirus presented health experts a number of serious surprises. What appeared to be a respiratory virus now looks more like the one who attacks blood vessels throughout the body. Once contracted, it seems to confer immunity for a few months. And in some cases, patients "recover" from the virus but always feel sick, often in a debilitating way.
Wednesday,theThe Wall Street newspaper profileA 40-year-old Singapore man who contracted Coronavirus this spring and still has symptoms of more than six months later, including fatigue, chest pain and cardiac inflammation. They are so serious that he has not returned to work or see his family. It is an extreme case of a "long-carrier", someone who still suffers from harmful effects of the disease after their body has cleared the virus.
"Doctors think that people like Mr. Sarker survived after being turned on a fan will probably need at least one year for the recovery,"Newspaper Reported, then cited an infectious expert of the disease: "We do not know it will be one year because it has not been one year old."
That's right: health experts are not safe when - or SI - Long Covid subsides themselves in most people. For some, it could become a chronic disease. Here are five of the most common current symptoms reported. Read on and ensure your health and health of others, do not miss theseWithout signs that you have already had coronavirus.
Tired
According toLong-term survey of symptoms, 100% of participating covidant patients reported prolonged fatigue. Doctors have observed it for months and it's a phenomenon thatDr. Anthony FauciThe first expert in infectious diseases in the nation is compared with chronic fatigue syndrome, also called myalgic encephalomyelitis. "We are starting to see more and more people who apparently get out of the viral party of it, then weeks later, they feel weak, they feel tired, they feel dead, they feel in the short of breath, "said Fuci in August. "It's very disturbing, because if it's true for many people, so I do not save that may not be correct. You can have weeks when you do not feel exactly correct."
Chest pain
The current thoracic pain has been reported by many lengths. A cause is the costochondritite, an inflammation of the cartilage that connects the coast to breast milk. This pain can be aggravated by prolonged cough.On aJuly study by the CDC43% of people recovering from COVID-19 stated that their cough had not disappeared from 14 to 21 days after their diagnosis.
Shortness of breath
COVID-19 causes pulmonary inflammation and damage that can make it difficult to attract your breath.This can linger for weeks or months. According toLong-term survey of symptoms, 1,020 of 1,567 coronavirus patients surveyed reported having experienced this symptom.
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Cardiac inflammation
Covid-19 seems to cause inflammation throughout the body, including in the lungs, the brain and the heart. An effect on the heart may be a cardiomyopathy, a condition in which the heart muscle becomes steep, thickened or stretched. This affects the ability of the heart to pump blood, which can cause problems ranging from light (fatigue) to severe (organ failure).
Mental problems
Inflammation in the brain can cause a variety of mental and neurological problems. In long coovidant patients, "it is necessary to pay attention not only to physical symptoms such as fatigue and respiratory distress, but also for memory, depression, anxiety and sleep disorders",Said Haruo Nakayama, neurologist of the Tokyo University Medical Center in Tokyo, in theThe Wall Street newspaper.According to a recent study published intheLancet55% of people diagnosed with coronaviruses reported persistent neurological symptoms three months after diagnosed.
How to stay healthy
As for yourself, do everything you can to prevent you from installing - COVID-19 in the first place: Wear yourfacial maskBe tested if you think you have coronavirus, avoid crowds (and bars and evenings of the house), practice social distance, do only run essential races, wash your hands regularly, disinfect frequently affected areas and to cross this healthiest pandemic, do not miss these 35 places you are most likely to catch Covid .