Is there relief for 'long COVID' sufferers?

by Adela Uchida

Wed, December 8th 2021 at 2:02 PM

Updated Thu, December 9th 2021 at 10:46 PM

Maya Goode, a COVID-19 technician, left, talks with Sami Perez, 12, after he received a COVID-19 test outside Asthenis Pharmacy in Providence, R.I., Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. Even as the U.S. reaches a COVID-19 milestone of roughly 200 million fully-vaccinated people, infections and hospitalizations are spiking, including in highly-vaccinated pockets of the country like New England. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Doctors at Dell Medical School are sharing what is known so far about 'long COVID' -- a mysterious cluster of symptoms suffered by a significant number of people who recover from COVID-19.

More attention is paid to hospitalization and death, but long COVID can disable people and force them out of the workforce.

It can also cause significant mental health problems, because of the physical damage the virus can do. The most common symptom reported is fatigue, and doctors say it's not something patients can push through. Instead, they said pushing through post-COVID fatigue can set the person back.

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Meantime, if you have long COVID, there are support groups online like longcovid.org and wearebodypolitic.com/covid19 and survivorcorps.com.

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