Does anybody here know much about "Long Covid" and what the experts are currently saying?

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teaboyjim

I've caught part of a special report on Sky and the bits that stand out are:

1. Over a million people have got "Long Covid"
2. It seems to not be age related
3. Nobody has said if or for how long the condition will last
 
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Only examples I know are a mates wife (late 50's) and Mrs Motties work colleagues husband. Early 60’s. Both caught Covid last March/April. Mates wife is looking to return to work soon. Still has lung/breathing problems. Mrs Motties colleagues husband, still unable to work. Brain and lung problems.
 
Mottie said:
Only examples I know are a mates wife (late 50's) and Mrs Motties work colleagues husband. Early 60’s. Both caught Covid last March/April. Mates wife is looking to return to ork soon. Still has lung/breathing problems. Mrs Motties colleagues husband, still unable to work. Brain and lung problems.
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Hopefully your mates wife is steadily improving back to normal health
 
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Could be post viral fatigue syndrome, or yuppie flu as it was disparingly known in the past.
 
EddieM said:
Could be post viral fatigue syndrome, or yuppie flu as it was disparingly known in the past.
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Is this similar to something that's related to ME?
 
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I have it, and my plasterer knows a lot of guys that have it. Seems to be permanent neurological damage - problems with sinuses permanent loss of smell and taste, extreme tiredness, poor memory, confusion, brain fog etc.

Probably other issues too.

Also learned today that 3 dad's from my son's school have died now. One was only 56, wife and children tested positive after but asymptomatic, he had a cough, carried on working (kitchen fitter) then collapsed at home in the evening and died. I think this was the Kent strain, if that was the one in the school before Christmas.
 
According to the "Lancet" - 76% of everybody who contracted COVID19 had at least one symptom 6 months later and more than 50% had lingering chest abnormalities on chest imaging (I'm assuming this is 6 x months after contracting Covid19 as well)
Short news clip about Lancet report:
 
Djangobanjo said:
Also learned today that 3 dad's from my son's school have died now. One was only 56, wife and children tested positive after but asymptomatic, he had a cough, carried on working (kitchen fitter) then collapsed at home in the evening and died. I think this was the Kent strain, if that was the one in the school before Christmas.
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That's shocking - especially as he was asymptomatic
 
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teaboyjim said:
It might take a significant amount of time to heal 100%.

That's quite shocking - especially as he was asymptomatic - I didn't realize it could occur like this - I always assumed (wrongly) that you'd need to be in hospital before it was considered a serious threat
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A family that are very close friends of ours all had Covid, the kids had almost no symptoms but both parents were quite ill with breathing problems. The father seemed to get better quicker than the mum but then started to act rather strangely. The mum put a pulse oximeter on him (his skin tone was grey) and it was around 80%. He was taken to hospital by ambulance and was given low positive pressure ventilation and treated with some of the new experimental drugs. He has since fully recovered but what is odd is that when he felt better, thought he was better, he was actually acutely ill and probably would have died in his sleep.
 
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