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Scientists are piecing together the puzzle of long COVID. Here's what to know (www.pbs.org)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The intense scientific effort that long COVID sparked has resulted in more than 24,000 scientific publications, making it the most researched health condition in any four years of recorded human history.

Long COVID is a term that describes the constellation of long-term health effects caused by infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. These range from persistent respiratory symptoms, such as shortness of breath, to debilitating fatigue or brain fog that limits people’s ability to work, and conditions such as heart failure and diabetes, which are known to last a lifetime.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I got my first Covid in the summer 2022, it was horrible and it was just the tip of the iceberg. I went from working out 5-6 days at week (for 50-70min) to waking up already exhausted. I tried to rest, I tried to work out regardless (and it was super hard to recover) I was always exhausted. This has a toll on all aspects of my life, relationships got severed by me not being available, work was ok (thank goodness I am at a seniority level lower than I actually am) but not great. I went to the doctors but there is no test for long covid so they started testing me for everything and, of course, got lost in all possible imperfection of my body

In December 2023 I got my second Covid. It wasn’t that bad and, incredibly, after that I started to slowly (over months) to recover. I am still not at the level I used to be before (I get tired much more easily) but now I can have a normal life.

Yes, I had 3 vaccines doses before my first Covid… and, even if in my country the Covid vaccine is discouraged for people that aren’t old enough, I keep on doing.

Some people are just more susceptible and it is not the “cold” that some people think it is

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (3 children)

3.5% chance to get long covid if vaccinated

Estimates for the first year of the pandemic suggests that at least 65 million people globally have had long COVID

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

And just so no one thinks the vaccines are causing it based on your comment alone,

7.7 percent among unvaccinated adults

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

What? It's larger for unvaccinated? How can this be???? /s

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Ah yeah good call

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

The idiots don't understand this. I know one that will go apoplectic at a singular case of something bad happening to a vaccinated person (regardless of whether it was due to the vaccine itself, covid, or completely unrelated) and cry about how bad they are. I've shown him numbers from the very same article or study he's trying to cite and he ignored it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I'm vaccinated plus three boosters, and I'm struggling with it now after COVID last fall. Sucks to be in that lucky 3.5%.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 months ago

The source you are citing literally says this

“the number is likely much higher due to many undocumented cases. The incidence is estimated at 10–30% of non-hospitalized cases, 50–70% of hospitalized cases2,3 and 10–12% of vaccinated cases4,5”

Please fix your comment

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

In December I got COVID for the 4th time. Yes I'm vaxxed. No I'm not boosted.

Prior to this bout I was working out 30 minutes a day. Since this bout I can barely climb a flight if stairs without getting winded.

It really sucks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yes I'm vaxxed. No I'm not boosted.

You... do realize that efficacy wears off over time, and after about 6 months or so it doesn't actually do much?

[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm well aware, I'm also not convinced about the efficacy of the vaccine.

First COVID Feb 2020. Vaxxed May 2020 Second COVID July 2020

The right told me herd immunity would protect me. They were wrong. The left told me the vax world protect me. They too were wrong.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

You should listen to doctors, not the "right" or "left." It's clear from your comment you are not taking a doctor's advice.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 months ago

but has anyone verified this claim I keep hearing from coworkers and nosy people about going keto for 4-6 months somehow fixing it? Its a big commitment I don't have time for right now but would be worth it if it actually works.